The newest installment in the Fast & Furious franchise — Hobbs & Shaw, topped by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Jason Statham — looks headed to a $57 million opening weekend in North America, according to early estimates.
If you ask Hobbs & Shaw co-writer Drew Pearce, whose range of directorial and writing experiences has included everything from big-budget franchise fare to small indie flicks, there’s a pretty simple formula for how a movie like this ends up a success. More specifically — how a movie like this can get audiences off the sofa and into a theater seat in an age of convenience-driven streaming dominance.
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‘Hobbs & Shaw’ writer talks to us about the latest blockbuster ‘Fast & Furious’ movie originally appeared on BGR.com on Sat, 3 Aug 2019 at 09:01:48 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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