The Vin Diesel-driven franchise Fast & Furious 6 is a fine example of how Chinese audiences will still go to see a movie even weeks after it has opened elsewhere, as the whole experience of going to the theater has become part of China's social fabric. Chinese viewers may have seen the movie on pirate DVD or downloaded already, as it opened months after its U.S. premiere, but they were also happy to watch again for that theater buzz. The country's burgeoning car culture has also helped make the franchise a sure hit.
Just days before the first trailer for Universal’s seventh installment in the Fast & Furious franchise is set to debut, Furious 7‘s Vine account posted seven seconds of some of the film’s fight sequences.
The clip cuts quickly between a few different combat scenes, but among the sights are Ludacris elbowing someone in the face, another character crashing through a window and what looks like the late Paul Walker (or maybe it’s one of his look-alike brothers) throwing a few punches.
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Wednesday’s Vine is just the latest Furious 7 content that Universal has unveiled via social media. On Sunday the Fast & Furious Facebook page revealed that the film would be titled Furious 7 and debuted a new poster. Since then, the page has teased the upcoming movie, set to hit theaters on April 3, 2015, with looks back at the previous six films and daily seven-second previews of the latest installment.
Furious 7‘s first trailer is set to be live-streamed on the Fast & Furious Facebook page on Saturday.
