After the untimely death of actor Paul Walker, it was officially decided to stop production on Fast & Furious 7, which was currently in the middle of filming, so that the actor’s friends and colleagues can mourn before deciding how to proceed with the franchise.

In remembrance of Walker, the official Fast & Furious YouTube channel has put together a tribute video, which includes many different clips from the various movies in the series set to the Skylar Grey portion of the song “Coming Home.”

You can watch the tribute video below.

Briefly: following the death of Paul Walker, Universal Pictures has been assessing production status of the Fast and Furious 7. Rumors on how the studio would proceed have ranged from scrapping the entire film to superimposing Walker’s face for the final performances.

Now the studio has released an official statement regarding the status of the film. Continue reading to find out where things currently stand.

Actor Paul Walker died in a car crash during a charity event over the Thanksgiving holiday. The actor was on break from filming the Fast and Furious 7. Filming was scheduled to resume in Atlanta this week after the break, but now Universal Pictures has no other choice but to delay the production. The studio says that the project will NOT be scrapped entirely.

Director James Wan and the studio attended a conference call on Sunday to see how much of the film would actually need rewrites. They also wanted to see how to proceed with the sequel that would be respectful to Walker’s death.

Paul Walker, best known for his starring role in The Fast and the Furious films, died on Saturday afternoon in a single-car accident and explosion in Southern California, according to TMZ. He was 40 years old.

TMZ reports that the actor was in a Porsche that was driving in Santa Clarita, CA, when the driver lost control of the vehicle, which hit either a post or a tree and then burst into flames. They also say that their sources, some of whom confirmed the situation from the scene of the accident, said that Walker and another person in the car were killed.

The story has been officially confirmed – see update below.

Fast & Furious 6
Director: Justin Lin
Screenwriter: Chris Morgan
Cast: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson, Chris Bridges, Gina Carano, Sung Kang, Gal Gadot
Universal Pictures
Rated PG-13 | 130 Minutes
Release Date: May 24, 2013

Directed by Justin Lin, Fast & Furious 6 reunites Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and Brian O’Conner (Paul Walker) for their fastest, most furious adventure yet.

After 2011’s Fast Five, the Fast Familyâ„¢ of professional criminals has retired around the world: Dominic lives with Elena (Elsa Pataky) in Spain; his sister Mia (Jordana Brewster) and Brian have a son; Gisele (Gal Gadot) and Han (Sung Kang) are in Tokyo; and Roman (Tyrese Gibson) and Tej (Chris “Ludacris” Bridges) are livin’ it up like billionaire millionaire playboys.

U.S. Diplomatic Security Service agent Luke Hobbs (Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson) offers Toretto’s crew full pardons so they can return home in exchange for helping him take down a skilled mercenary organization led by Owen Shaw (Luke Evans) and his second-in-command, Dominic’s presumed-dead girlfriend Letty Ortiz (Michelle Rodriguez).