If history is a guide, Universal Pictures will complete Fast & Furious 7 following the November 30 car crash that killed one of its stars, actor Paul Walker.
The latest Fast & Furious, only partly completed when Walker died, may outdraw the earlier pictures, according to Howard Suber, a professor emeritus at the school of theater, film and television at the University of California Los Angeles. A premature death can add to the mystique of a performer, he said, noting Marilyn Monroe's enduring fame.
"It was true for Marilyn Monroe and James Dean," Suber said. "They died young and therefore will live forever in our memories."
To complete Fast & Furious 7, the filmmakers must decide whether and how to use scenes Walker shot before his death, a process that will probably involve script revisions and delays. It was scheduled to be released in July 2014, according to Box Office Mojo.
This year's Fast & Furious 6 is the top-grossing film of the series, with $788.7 million in worldwide receipts. The only Universal film to do better in 2013 is Despicable Me 2.
The studio has already sunk millions of dollars into making Fast & Furious 7. Fast & Furious 6 cost $160 million to produce, the estimate of Box Office Mojo. While Walker was the series' main protagonist, appearing in five of the six installments, he was part of an ensemble cast that has included Vin Diesel, Dwayne The Rock Johnson and Tyrese Gibson.
"They could do a work around," Sealey said. "Hollywood does not let an actor's untimely demise shut down a money making machine."
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