‘Fast X’s New Director Rewrote Most of the Script in Four Days

By the time Justin Lin had stepped down from directing Fast X the film had already gone by means of an extended and sophisticated pre-production course of. It was written, it was deliberate, and taking pictures had already begun, when Lin instantly introduced he was making the “difficult decision” to give up the film. Production was paused whereas Universal looked for a substitute, which in the end turned out to be The Incredible Hulk and Now You See Me director Louis Leterrier. A short time later, manufacturing resumed beneath Leterrier’s supervision; the accomplished movie comes out in May. (The trailer simply debuted.)

But Leterrier didn’t simply present up and end taking pictures Lin’s script. He informed Esquire that he made main modifications to the movie — primarily to the third act, but in addition to the relaxation as effectively. And he did all of it in the handful of days between his first getting introduced in to use for the job and when confirmed up on set to start taking pictures. Here’s how he described the rewrite course of:

I learn the script 4 instances on the airplane, and I stated I had some concepts, and so they stated ‘great, because the whole third act is changing. Can you rewrite it tonight?’ I used to be actually on no sleep. I’d been on no sleep for days. Obviously, this was not going to be set in stone. But I used to be like, ‘okay, yeah, I’ve obtained some concepts,’ and began writing. And clearly, since the third act was altering, I wanted to vary the first act. And if you rewrite the third act, and the first act, the second act has to go. So mainly I needed to on the fly rebuild the airplane.

 

I might assume {that a} film of this measurement can’t simply be rewritten so rapidly. Don’t the motion sequences must be rigorously plotted out so the stunts and the visible results could be deliberate and executed? Isn’t it an enormous factor with one million shifting elements and for those who change one you throw every little thing off? I … guess not? We’ll see whether or not the completed product seems like one thing that was drastically rewritten. I hope it doesn’t.

Fast X is scheduled to drive into theaters on May 19, 2023.