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On 10/6/2017 at 10:50 AM, Cristobal said:

I mean not to pile on Tyrese Gibson, but if you take a look at his IMDB page, it's not like he's getting a ton of other work.

I believe he legitimately needs that money. Ludacris was at least smart enough to parlay this franchise into stuff outside of acting and his music, and his girl is successful as well. He is living it up. As for Tyrese, he doesn't exactly have the best relationship with his fanbase, which is mostly women. He goes back and forth with them all the time on social media. So his music career is pretty much dead and he's not on the production side in a big way that I know of. He's not going to get that John Stewart role or that Teddy Pendergrass biopic he was suppose to do YEARS ago. Plus, doing a sequel for Baby Boy screams of desperation. As a non-actor, what is he going to do to supplement (or replace because I don't rule out him getting killed off screen) that income? So yeah, if anyone is going to be unhappy they delayed the next one by a year, it's going to be Tyrese.

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This might be a crazy idea, but I thought of a good replacement for Paul Walker and someone that's way, way better than Scott Eastwood.

Zac Efron. I think he'd fit in well and he's pretty charismatic.

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27 minutes ago, West Newbury Bad Boy said:

 The drama is more entertaining than the actual movies. 

Intro to Cinema Power Moves 101, Lesson 1: I'm friends with the producers so everyone can shut the fuck up or get a pink slip.

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This spin-off is actually a brand invasion.

If that ain't some nWo Wolfpack vs. nWo Hollywood shit right there.

So, is Hobbs just working with Deckard or is he recruiting both of the Shaw brothers for his global crimefighting unit?

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1 hour ago, Elsalvajeloco said:

Either Tyrese pissed off the wrong person or Dwayne Johnson is really good at working people. I'm figuring a little bit of both.

You got worked. This video is old. 

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11 minutes ago, Craig H said:

You got worked. This video is old. 

He's doing pre-taped promos like WCW Worldwide? Because this is a weird marketing for an album of a struggling artist.

Edit: Ohwaitaminute, Tyrese found this video. Now, it makes sense.

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Tyrese is just jealous that the only reason anyone wants to put him in a movie anymore is him being the wisecracking brother.  Now that they no longer use him in the Transformers movies he's clinging to F&F a bit too much.  Sorry Tyrese you need to go out there and take part in a few smaller roles if you have to and reinvent yourself.  Take a chance on yourself for once instead of playing it safe.

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You'd think if they were going to split the Franchise into two, they'd go with Vin Diesel's lads as The Fast, and Rock and Statham as the Furious.

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Well all this said,  The Rock is going to learn one thing from all of this.  The spinoff movie might do very well but the star of the show is Vin Diesel in a Fast and Furious movie surrounded by "Family."  That's what sells the tickets.   The Rock added a breath of fresh air in Fast Five but he's still not the lead. 

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38 minutes ago, Niners Fan in CT said:

Well all this said,  The Rock is going to learn one thing from all of this.  The spinoff movie might do very well but the star of the show is Vin Diesel in a Fast and Furious movie surrounded by "Family."  That's what sells the tickets.   The Rock added a breath of fresh air in Fast Five but he's still not the lead. 

There's nothing stopping Vin from having a glorified cameo in the spinoff film leading to the film the following year. However, I will say that if they don't have to spend a couple hundred million on this film, the lack of Dom shouldn't affect the box office. I don't think they are expecting >$1b worldwide. Based on Vin Diesel's track record outside of this franchise, I feel more confident in a film led by Dwayne Johnson than a solo Dominic Toretto film. Vin is integral, but NOT that integral. 

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Roman Pierce started off as a tough character, but now he's comedy relief. 

Tyrese had better stop believing that his character is not expendable or Roman will end up as the murdered revenge plot driver that Han did....

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