Charlize Theron to play villain in Fast and Furious 8

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Charlize Theron has been cast as a villain in the eighth installment of the long-running
Fast & Furious franchise. Theron’s involvement has been confirmed by the official F&F Twitter account, which refers to her character as Vin Diesel and company’s “greatest adversary.”

Theron is no stranger to leading roles and action blockbusters. She stole the show as Furiosa in last year’s
Mad Max: Fury Road. Theron also appeared as a no-nonsense leader in Ridley Scott’s
Prometheus and showed up in the remake to
The Italian Job. She now gets to go toe-to-toe with Diesel and
The Rock. Given how outlandishly crazy the F&F films can get, we’re expecting a good fight.

Possibly just titled
Fast 8, the blockbuster arrives in theaters April 14, 2017. An earlier teaser hinted that Manhattan and perhaps the Empire State Building
could be a setting in the movie. Photos also showed some filming taking place
in Reykjavík, Iceland. Vin Diesel has suggested that installments 8, 9, and 10 might
form a trilogy to end the main Fast & Furious series, but there have already been reports
of spin-off films to keep the adventures going.