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A Very Cool FAST SIX Casting Possibility!!
Merrick here...
This hit late last week, but I held on posting it pending further details...which I pursued...but unfortunately they never arrived. Nonetheless, watch this space & we'll update as we know more.
In short: the mighty El Mayimbe over at Latino Review is reporting that the amazing David Tennant (the tenth Doctor on 2005+ DOCTOR WHO)...whose fun and substantive appearance in the recent FRIGHT NIGHT remake was strangely and woefully under-publicized...
...is evidently in talks with returning director Justin Lin to appear in the sixth FAST AND THE FURIOUS film. Which, at the moment, appears to be entitled FAST SIX...if only by default.
Tennant is an amazing presence on-screen, and inserting him into Lin's gritty and stylized NOS-headed crimeverse would likely net spectacular results. I loved the hell out of FAST FIVE, and am very much looking forward to this new picture - especially is Tennant and The Powers That Be make this so.
No word yet on who Tennant would play...a badguy?...one of Dwayne Johnsons' Euro operatives?...but there's a bit more on the matter HERE!
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Glen Oliver
"Merrick"
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Cant see him hangin with the main crew.
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May 7, 2012, 11:07 a.m. CST
Yeah he needs this cos his career went really well after he left Doctor Who.
by marshallwtoneil
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Check, please.
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Baker is the standard, and Eccelston opened it up for a new generation, but Tennant was just amazing. His chemistry with everyone, most of all Billie Piper, made for amazing entertainment. Also, as a huge fan of the original Fright Night, he was the only thing that made the sequal work for me. They apparently tied Farrel's hands (who is a fan of the original and loves Chris Sarandon) as he wanted to go closer to the classy, refined Jerry and was forced to portray him as a man whore douche, but they were smart enough to know they couldn't touch Macdowall's performance and let Tennant go nuts with the Criss Angel thing. Hope they get him for this.
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May 7, 2012, 11:20 a.m. CST
Colin was cool in Fright Night. Wouldn't say Tennant stole the show.
by Tikidonkeypunch
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Is all I care about here
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May 7, 2012, 11:24 a.m. CST
So has this series forgone the street racing and gone full-out heist films, ala the Oceans?
by openthepodbaydoorshal
Hope so. If thats the case, I guess when you can't hire Michael Sheen, you get Tennant. And yes, he was entertaining in Fright Night.
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Umm. Not being a ran of Who I had no regard for the actor one way or the other.. but would you call a 3 minute over glorified cameo substantial? I wouldn't care if it was Orson Welles' reanimated zombie corpse. The role was woefully underwritten. Farrell did surprisingly well.. but nothing special. And hardly an infected boil on the ass of the original. In terms of chemistry between actors, it didn't even stand up to the undrrbaked sequel. Sooo. In short this news is cool to 3 people who watch BBC America.
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Cant wait for it and I hope they give Tennant a meaty part, he was good in Fright Night, but was under used, they need to give him a part he can really shine with. I think the Fast series is awesome and with each one it gets better which is the surprising thing about it, you would never have expected it to reach 6 movies.
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May 7, 2012, 11:54 a.m. CST
Is this instead of or as well as Luke Evans? Plus, call it FURIOUS SIX!
by ahdvd
Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster, Michelle Rodriguez, The Rock, and it was hinted she'd be around a while, Elsa Pataky, that's 6. Title solved.
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How bout a haunted house one?
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Yeah, he's pretty amazing at doing those three faces he does: Sad face, angry face and regular face.
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May 7, 2012, 12:53 p.m. CST
I thought Fast Five was monstrously stupid, and not in a good way.
by kevred
Never have I experienced a larger gap between good word of mouth and ridiculous, terrible reality. I went in expecting nothing more than a good time, but even within the inherently dumb confines of the world these films established, this was insultingly dumb stuff. Worst film I've seen in ages. Terrible story & dialogue, outrageously dumb action pieces, laughably bad climax, and almost complete squandering of all the charisma on screen. Sung Kang and Matt Schulze were the only things I liked about this complete and utter waste of time.
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STATHAM TURNED DOWN THIS ROLE, THAT'S A SHAME
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What the fuck are you talking about? Are you seriously trying to convince anyone that David Tennant was better than Patrick Troughton or Tom Baker? Fuck.
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May 7, 2012, 2:09 p.m. CST
Billy the Kidd loved the hell out of Fast 5.......Explains a great deal...
by cameron
..These movies are made by idiots for morons. Whenever this Kidd guy badmouths a movie i'll take it with a Harry Knowles size pinch of salt.
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His _Hamlet_ and _Much Ado_ were pretty popular.
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figured I'd throw that in there...
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May 7, 2012, 3:57 p.m. CST
Speedy six or whatever...with Tennant on board it may turn out to be Cannonball Run 15 or whatever.
by jellypop
Hmmmm.
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May 7, 2012, 4:53 p.m. CST
They sure keep adding new characters. It might get a bit overcrowded if they're not careful.
by Mr. Pricklepants
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John Doe had a son and he's looking to follow in his father's footsteps, whilst driving really, REALLY fast.
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May 7, 2012, 7:01 p.m. CST
Fast Five was awful and Merrick loved it which actually makes a hell of a lot of sense
by Tall_Boy6t6
Whatever Merrick does in anything, do the opposite.
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Never seen a fast and furious, but would be willing to watch some kind of Rock vs Doctor movie with silly race cars.
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Thought Fright Night remake was crappy. He was okay but not that great. I can see him as a bad guy but not much else. Dont think his career has taken off as much as he thought it would.
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May 8, 2012, 6:48 a.m. CST
Soon, it's going to be quicker to list who's not in FAST SIX !!!
by Dalius
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I said Baker is the standard. My opinion is that Tennant is the most all around entertaining. I'm not trying to convince anybody of anything. Calm the fuck down.
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