Furious 7

Furious 7
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	James Wan
Written by	Chris Morgan
Based on	Characters by Gary Scott Thompson
Produced by	Neal H. Moritz Vin Diesel Michael Fottrell
Starring	Vin Diesel Paul Walker Dwayne Johnson Michelle Rodriguez Tyrese Gibson Chris "Ludacris" Bridges Jordana Brewster Djimon Hounsou Kurt Russell Jason Statham
Cinematography	Stephen F. Windon Marc Spicer
Edited by	Christian Wagner Dylan Highsmith Kirk Morri Leigh Folsom Boyd
Music by	Brian Tyler
Production companies	MRC Original Film One Race Films China Film Group Corporation[1]
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release dates	April 1, 2015 (2015-04-01) (TCL Chinese Theatre) April 3, 2015 (2015-04-03) (United States)
Running time	137 minutes[2]
Countries	United States China
Language	English
Budget	$190 million[3]
Box office	$1.515 billion[3]

Furious 7 (also known as Fast & Furious 7 or Wild Speed: Sky Mission in Japan^[4]) is a 2015 action film directed by James Wan and written by Chris Morgan. It is the sequel to Fast & Furious 6 (2013) and The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006), and the seventh installment in the Fast & Furious franchise. The film stars an ensemble cast including Vin Diesel, Paul Walker (in his final film role), Dwayne Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Jordana Brewster, Djimon Hounsou, Tony Jaa, Ronda Rousey, Nathalie Emmanuel, Kurt Russell, and Jason Statham. In the film, Dominic Toretto (Diesel), Brian O'Conner (Walker), and their team are recruited by covert ops leader Mr. Nobody (Russell) to prevent terrorist Mose Jakande (Hounsou) from obtaining a hacking program. Meanwhile, Deckard Shaw (Statham), a former special forces soldier seeking to avenge his comatose younger brother, puts the team in danger once again.

Plans for a seventh installment were first announced in February 2012 when Johnson stated that production on the film would begin after the completion of Fast & Furious 6. In April 2013, Wan, predominantly known for horror films, was announced to direct the film. Casting showed the returns of Diesel and Walker that same month. Principal photography began that September in Atlanta, but was indefinitely suspended in November after Walker died in a car crash; filming resumed in April 2014 and ended in July, with Walker's brothers Caleb and Cody standing-in to complete his remaining scenes, causing delay to its 2015 release date, with other filming locations including Los Angeles, Colorado, Abu Dhabi, and Tokyo. Brian Tyler, who had last composed the score for Fast Five (2011), returned to compose the seventh installment. With an estimated production budget of up to $250 million, it is one of the most expensive films ever made.

Furious 7 premiered at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles on April 1, 2015, and was released in the United States on April 3, by Universal Pictures. The film was a box office success and it received positive reviews from critics for its action sequences and emotional tribute to Walker, with many considering it to be one of the best films in the franchise. It grossed over $1.5 billion worldwide, making it the third-highest-grossing film of 2015 and the fourth-highest-grossing film of all time at the time of release. It also set a record for the second-highest opening weekend of its time, grossing $397.6 million worldwide. It was the highest-grossing film of 2015 internationally and became the highest-grossing film of the franchise in the first twelve days of its theatrical release. A sequel, The Fate of the Furious, was released in April 2017.