EXCLUSIVE: Tyrese Gibson Talks Fast & Furious 6 and Five Brothers

Tyrese Gibson discusses Fast & Furious 6 and Five Brothers
Tyrese Gibson discusses Fast & Furious 6 and Five Brothers
Earlier this morning, I had the pleasure of chatting with Tyrese Gibson about the Blu-ray and DVD release of Fast Five, which hits the shelves October 4. Even before the phenomenal success of Fast Five, Universal Pictures launched plans in mid-April for Fast & Furious 6, hiring Chris Morgan to once again write the script for this sequel (he wrote The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, Fast & Furious, and Fast Five). Here's what Tyrese Gibson had to say about how he would like to see his character, Roman Pierce, evolve in Fast & Furious 6.

"I just hope that they keep the concept of the heist going. I hope they allow me to be more a part of the decision-making, how we're going to get this mission accomplished, instead of having the mission thrown at us and we become disgruntled about the mission (Laughs). I just hope they allow Roman to be Roman Pierce, have some fun and play my part. I'm not fighting for camera time, but we had a lot of fun promoting it (Fast Five). We went to eight different countries, and I just love it. I have a girlfriend who's from Dubai. She was overseas and she said, 'Every theater was sold out, for weeks and weeks and weeks, because of Fast Five.' We were all speaking in Arabic and they were still laughing and having fun with all of the shit we were doing in the movie. These are things I couldn't imagine doing and being a part of as a kid, so it's all kind of unreal."


We also talked a bit about Five Brothers, the sequel to Tyrese Gibson's 2005 hit Four Brothers. Here's what he had to say about the status of that movie, and how you as MovieWeb readers may be able to help.

"You know what, I just really hope that Paramount considers and understands the cult following behind Four Brothers. All of our careers have sort of went to another level since Four Brothers, with Mark Wahlberg, myself, André (Benjamin) has been kind of low-key, but Garrett Hedlund, even though he passed away in the first one, his career has blossomed. I hope that they're able to press the button on it. To be honest, I think it just takes one meeting with (producer) Lorenzo di Bonaventura, (director) John Singleton, myself and Mark Wahlberg at Paramount, and they'll green light it and we'll be ready to go. The script is already written and we all really want to do it. We just have to get Paramount to press that button. Maybe the fans from your website can write Paramount some letters about how they were able to relate and identify with the movie, and how much they love and how much they would love to see Five Brothers be made. The script is already done and ready to go. I would love to do Five Brothers, love to do it."


Stay tuned for my full interview with Tyrese Gibson for Fast Five in the very near future.

Fast Five was released April 29th, 2011 and stars Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson, Ludacris, Matt Schulze, Sung Kang, Gal Gadot. The film is directed by Justin Lin.

Fast & Furious 6 comes to theaters May 24th, 2013 and stars Dwayne Johnson, Vin Diesel, Luke Evans, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, Gina Carano, Jordana Brewster, Gal Gadot. The film is directed by Justin Lin.

Five Brothers comes to theaters in 2013 and stars Mark Wahlberg.



Sources: Brian Gallagher

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Comments (14)

  1. Charles Ammon

    just like the resident evil movies...all you people wanna see is the same old lame a$$ crap. ff is played out too much. i'd rather wanna see five brothers than a 6th ff movie. just because one died, doesn't mean they can't call it five brothers. the dude died, but he's still they're brother. anything is possible in hollywood. they can somehow write in a 5th brother. you guys seen idiocracy? cause you guys remind me of that movie. the mental decay of our society worries me. this country has no future with people like you.

    8 months agoby @Charles-AmmonFlag

  2. Minglao Stark

    bring tha dates forward aleast 4 FF6 im in nz il get it by christmas

    2 years agoby @Minglao-StarkFlag

  3. Minglao Stark

    hahaha gota agree with evry1 im a mad FF fan but wtf r u thinkn goen 2kal it 5brothers ....... come on geta bit ov imagination

    2 years agoby @Minglao-StarkFlag

  4. RyanMoranMita

    are you kidding me five brothers thats so stupied but fast and furious 6 hell yea

    2 years agoby @RyanMoranMitaFlag

  5. Monkeyiron 2.0

    I love four brothers but I don't think it needs a sequel

    2 years agoby @monkeyiron2-0Flag

  6. Frangel

    Five Brothers is a pasta sauce :D

    2 years agoby @FrangelFlag

  7. _L_

    yeah @TheNewNightmare, the movie was great, i say lets wait and see maybe is just i tittle not meaning really 5 blood brothers, prety sure they wouldn't f*k things up that bad @jimthar

    2 years agoby @L-83417346Flag

  8. Bawnian©-Dexeus

    Yes to 6th Gear

    2 years agoby @bawnian-dexeusFlag

  9. Dan

    Four Brothers sequel? Stupid. Fast Six? I'll see that.

    2 years agoby @dan1Flag

  10. TheNewNightmare

    I really like Four Brothers, but with one dead, I really don't want to see another. I'd only see if it was the originals. BUT the movie did triple it's money so i guess I can understand how this could work out

    2 years agoby @kevin-speersFlag

  11. Summit10

    you dont sound desperate Tyrese...not at all!!!

    2 years agoby @summit10Flag

  12. Pjwolsker

    haha what a joke

    2 years agoby @pjwolskerFlag

  13. Jimthar

    was four brothers a hit? i'm pretty sure it wasn't. besides first it was 4 brothers, and then one died in the movie sooooo....it goes DOWN to 3 and then UP to 5??? what the hell kind of math is that???

    2 years agoby @jimtharFlag

  14. thrashnasty190

    Fast 6, ok I'd watch it but Five Bothers? I loved four brothers but come on really?

    2 years agoby @thrashnasty190Flag