Release Date: June 16th, 2006
Director: Justin Lin
Writer: Chris Morgan, Kario Salem
Starring: Bow Wow, Lucas Black, Brian Tee, Nikki Griffin, Sung Kang, Jason Tobin, Nathalie Kelley Studio: Universal Pictures
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Official Site: http://www.thefastandthefurious3.com/main.html

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STORY:
Sean Boswell is an outsider who attempts to define himself as a hot-headed, underdog street racer. Although racing provides a temporary escape from an unhappy home and the superficial world around him, it has also made Sean unpopular with the local authorities. To avoid jail time, Sean is sent to live with his gruff, estranged father, a career military-man stationed in Tokyo. Now officially a gaijin (outsider), Sean feels even more shut out in a land of foreign customs and codes of honor. But it doesn't take long for him to find some action when a fellow American buddy, Twinkie, introduces him to the underground world of drift racing. Sean's simple drag racing gets replaced by a rubber-burning, automotive art form with an exhilarating balance of speeding and gliding through a heart-stopping course of hairpin turns and switchbacks. On his first time out drifting, Sean unknowingly takes on D.K., the "Drift King," a local champ with ties to the Japanese crime machine Yakuza. Sean's loss comes at a high price tag when he's forced to work off the debt under the thumb of ex-pat, Han. Han soon welcomes Sean into this family of misfits and introduces him to the real principles of drifting. But when Sean falls for D.K.'s girlfriend, Neela, an explosive series of events is set into motion, climaxing with a high stakes face off.



NEWS AND EVENTS ON THE: FILM

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Trailers:

Here is some Spy Footage of the movie! Click below


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Vehicles in Movie:
-Mazda RX-7
-Mazda RX-8
-Nissan 350Z
-Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution
-Dogde Viper
-1960's Ford Mustang Fastback with a RB26 engine from a Nissan Skyline GT-S R32
-Nissan Skyline
-Nissan 240SX
-Toyota Supra
-Toyota Corolla AE86
-Keicars
-Luxury and Exotic Cars (possibly Japanese luxury cars like the the Toyota Celsior/Lexus LS400 and the Nissan Cefiro/Infiniti I30),
-Show cars from the various Tuning firms












This Mustang is powered by a Nissan RB26. The RB26 engine is originally found in the Nissan Skyline GT-S R32 & R33. It is a short-stroke, iron-block six with one turbo that takes well to modifications. In factory trim the engine produces around 250 Horsepower and is backed by a 6-speed transmission. A side note, the color of the car appears to be the same Highland Green color as Steve McQueens Mustang GT from the movie Bullit. The engine, however, is a far cry from the 390 cid engine in McQueens Car. Now this is not to say the Mustang did not use its original engine in some sceans of the movie. We will all just have to wate till the movie is out..











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Pros:
A couple of D1 and Formal D. Drifters are in some of the clips of the movie, showing off their rides. Here are some of the vehicals...




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Production set to begin on The Fast And The Furious: Tokyo Drift
Lucas Black heads ensemble cast in film
Directed By Justin Lin

Universal City, CA, September 29, 2005 Principal photography is set to begin in October on Universal Pictures The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, the third installment in the motion pictures series built on speed. Acclaimed young filmmaker Justin Lin who made a splash with the 2002 independent feature and Sundance hit Better Luck Tomorrow and directed the upcoming release Annapolis will direct the film, which will be produced by Neal H. Moritz, who served in the same capacity on both the global blockbuster hits The Fast and the Furious and 2 Fast 2 Furious. Clayton Townsend will be the executive producer.

Lucas Black, who won wide acclaim in last years Friday Night Lights and will next be seen opposite Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard and Jamie Foxx in Sam Mendes Jarhead, will lead the ensemble cast of the film. Black has also been seen in Sling Blade, All The Pretty Horses and Cold Mountain.

Joining Black in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift is the recording artist and actor Bow Wow (Roll Bounce and Like Mike). Additional cast members include Brian Tee (Austin Powers In Goldmember and We Were Soldiers), Sung Kang (Antwone Fisher and Better Luck Tomorrow), Jason Tobin (The Hot Chick and Better Luck Tomorrow) and newcomer Nathalie Kelley.

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift is written by Chris Morgan (Cellular) and Kario Salem (The Score), who place the third entry in Tokyo. In this adrenalized new story, set in the sexy, underground world of Japanese drift racing, the newest and fastest customized rides go head-to-head on some of the most perilous courses ever seen.

The original film and its follow-up reached box office heights in theaters around the globe. The Fast and the Furious earned $207,409,603 in cumulative worldwide box office sales and 2 Fast 2 Furious outscored the original, taking in $236,222,077 worldwide. Together, both DVD titles have sold more than 20 million units.

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift follows the story of Shaun Boswell, who has always been a gaijin, or outsider. A loner at school, his only connection to the indifferent world around him is through illegal street racingwhich has made him particularly unpopular with the local authorities. To avoid jail time, Shaun is sent out of the country to live with his military father in a cramped apartment in a low-rent section of Tokyo.

In the land that gave birth to the majority of modified racers on the road, the simple street race has been replaced by the ultimate pedal-to-the-metal, gravity-defying automotive challengedrift racing, a deadly combination of brutal speed on heart-stopping courses with hairpin turns and switchbacks.

In his first unsuccessful foray into the world of drift racing, Shaun unknowingly takes on D.K., the Drift King, with ties to the Yakuza, the Japanese crime machine. The only way Shaun can pay off the debt from his loss is to venture into the deadly realm of the Tokyo underworld, where the stakes are life and death.

Born in Taipei, Taiwan, director Justin Lin grew up in Orange County, California, and graduated with a degree in film from UCLA. His distinctive viewpoint gives voice to the Asian-American experience, and his versatility as a film craftsman has allowed him to simultaneously serve in numerous capacities on his films. His reputation as an up-and-coming filmmaker of note was cemented with the 2002 feature Better Luck Tomorrow, which he directed, co-wrote, produced (along with Julie Asato and Ernesto Foronda) and edited. The film, about a group of over-achieving Asian-American high school seniors who venture into crime, received a Grand Jury Prize nomination at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival, and he (along with co-writer/producer Foronda, co-writer Fabian Marquez and producer Asato) was nominated for a John Cassavetes Award at the 2004 Independent Spirit Awards. Lin is also attached to direct Strangers, which Vertigo Entertainment is producing for Focus Features, as well as the Vertigo Entertainment/Universal Pictures film Old Boy, a remake of a Korean-language action thriller. Lin is currently in postproduction on the Touchstone feature Annapolis, starring James Franco, Tyrese Gibson and Jordana Brewster.