The "Fast and Furious" series has become a popular racing movie series since its birth in 2001, and the film also made the starring van Diesel famous. However, the box office performance gradually declined due to the absence of Van Diesel's starring in the 2nd and 3rd films. Until the 4th, Van Diesel and the director Lin Yibin joined forces and recalled the veterans of the first few films. The Ministry announced that the series was successfully resurrected. The fifth installment even invited action star Dawn Johnson to join, and set a global box office record of $626 million in one fell swoop.
At the beginning of 2013, before the release of "Fast and Furious 6", there were rumors that Universal Pictures would start filming "Fast and Furious 7" because of the lack of strong summer films in 2014. This rumor was also confirmed soon , But Lin Yibin, who has been the director since the third part, announced that he would no longer direct because of tight schedules.
