After nearly a month of speculation about how they might handle the death of Paul Walker in the upcoming Fast & Furious 7, it seems that director James Wan and writers Chris Morgan and Jeffrey Kirschenbaum have finally come to a decision. It was recently announced that the movie would be pushed back to April 2015, giving them time to do rewrites and reshoots if necessary. Although there were some reports that they might scrap the whole movie and start over again, I think we all knew that was pretty unlikely. We are now hearing that they will salvage as much of the existing footage as possible and that Paul Walker’s character will not actually die in the movie. Obviously this seems like the ideal solution, but can it still make sense in the context of the entire film?
According to THR, the new plan is not to kill off Brian O’Conner in Fast & Furious 7, but rather to “retire” him. It’s unclear just exactly what that means but their goal was to “tweak the existing script so that Walker would remain a part of the story but could be written out, allowing the franchise to continue without him.” Some additional scenes will need to be written and shot, but there does not appear to be any need for stand-ins or CG work.
Although the exact details are still unknown, in theory, this feels like the most tactful and practical way to handle the situation. That being said, it really depends on how much flexibility the existing footage affords them. It would be unfortunate if they had to rely completely on other characters to explain everything that Walker’s character does. Do you think this sounds like the right way to go? How do you think they will explain the departure of Brian O’Conner in Fast & Furious 7?
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