Fast & Furious

Fast & Furious - aka Fast & Furious 4 - is not the completely awful rehash we collectively feared.

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Besides Southland, Alonso has appeared on the big screen in Avatar, Jarhead and Fast & Furious.

Southland Scoop: Look Who's Back on the Beat 2011

The studio has inked deals with all the key players, including stars Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, director Justin Lin, screenwriter Chris Morgan Tokyo Drift, Fast & Furious, Wanted, and producer Neal Moritz to return to the franchise.

Universal Greenlights Fast and the Furious 5, Titled “Fast Five” | /Film 2010

Screenwriter Chris Morgan (Tokyo Drift, Fast & Furious, Wanted) will also return to the franchise for the fifth film which will follow Dom (Diesel) and Brian (Walker) as “fugitives being pursued by legendary lawmen.”

Universal Plans Another Fast and Furious Sequel Called Fast Five 2010

And in an apparent attempt to one-up the ridiculousness of the previous titles, 2 Fast 2 Furious and Fast & Furious, they have come up with the brilliant yes, sarcasm title “Fast Five.”

Universal Greenlights Fast and the Furious 5, Titled “Fast Five” | /Film 2010

We know how this is going to end: with a 53-year-old Mr. Diesel bottoming out after a string of flops and reuniting with the original cast of The Fast and the Furious for Fast & Furious 7: Fastest & Furiouser.

Box Office Breakdown: Hannah Montana Goes Big, Seth Rogen Goes Home 2009

Those who are making negative comparisons to Fast & Furious should remember that the three-day total for T3 ($44 million) was still under the three-day opening weekend of 2 Fast 2 Furious ($50 million) in the summer of 2003.

Scott Mendelson: Night at the Museum 2 defeats Terminator Salvation - Huff Post Friday box office rundown 2009

The Unborn, Fast & Furious, The Mummy 3, The Scorpion King 2, American Pie 12, are just a few of the more recent ones.

Lionsgate, Paramount and Universal Fight For Kick-Ass | /Film 2009

We know how this is going to end: with a 53-year-old Mr. Diesel bottoming out after a string of flops and reuniting with the original cast of The Fast and the Furious for Fast & Furious 7: Fastest & Furiouser.

Box Office Breakdown: Hannah Montana Goes Big, Seth Rogen Goes Home 2009

While reaching the $118 million that The Break Up scored in the summer of 2006 might be out of the question, Couples Retreat should still inch its way past $100 million, which would make it only the second such grosser this year for Universal, after Fast & Furious.

Box Office Breakdown: Wild Things Go Wild, Law Abiding Citizen Finds Justice 2009