Fast and Furious 8 Official Trailer 2017 April 14

Vin Diesel Shares Somber First 'Fast & Furious 8' Poster

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Paul Walker's presence in the Fast & Furious series will always be missed.

Vin Diesel shared the first Furious 8 poster on Facebook on Tuesday, which features just him looking out to an empty road. Furious 8 marks the first film in the franchise to not feature Walker, who died in November 2013.

"New roads ahead," the poster reads.

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Set to hit theaters April 14, 2017, the latest installment does have some notable new faces, including Charlize Theron and Scott Eastwood. Last week, Eastwood shared the first photo from the Atlanta, Georgia set, featuring Tyrese, Ludacris, and director F. Gary Gray (Straight Outta Compton).

"Little behind the scenes.... can't show you too much," he teased. "But what I can say is @tyrese and @ludacris and @fgarygray couldn't been more welcoming. Really good dudes. Had a great first day. Lots of laughs."

The cast also couldn't be more excited for Theron to join the set.

"I feel like her coming on board -- girl power," Tyrese told ET exclusively about the Oscar-winning actress when we caught up with him at WE Day earlier this month. "What we pride [ourselves in] in the Fast and Furious [franchise] is a very diversified cast that's translating domestically and internationally in a major way."

"When you look at the movie poster and you look to the left, you look to the right, I'm like, 'Fellas, we need some more women in here, man. We got to change this thing up a bit,'" he continued. "We have bits and pieces of power women in it, but we needed to bring it up a notch. [We were] looking into the Ronda Rouseys -- Michelle Rodriguez has been holding it down since day one -- but we got Jordana Brewster and Charlize, we're really stepping it up."

Fast And Furious 8 premiere date: Vin Diesel unveils poster revealing a 'lost' Dominic Toretto

The emotionally charged Fast And Furious 7 sure left fans in tears – most of whom were sad because of the tragic death of actor Paul Walker in a car accident in November 2013. And it seems like the upcoming film in the franchise will follow in the heels of the previous edition, or at least this is what the latest poster of Fast And Furious 8 – shared by actor Vin Diesel shows.

Walker's absence will surely be felt as Diesel is seen staring at an empty road "lost in thought" in the new poster he shared on Facebook. It reads, "New Roads Ahead", and shows a sad Dominic Toretto staring towards an empty road. The movie is set for release on 14 April 2017.

The untimely death of Walker left a gaping hole in the Fast and Furious franchise and fans are curious to know who would step in his shoes to fill the void. The franchise, recently hired Scott Eastwood – son of legendary actor Clint Eastwood – and seems like he could be a likely replacement for Walker's character of Brian O'Connor.

Digital Spy reports that Eastwood's character will work with Kurt Russell's Mr Nobody and will assign a new mission to Dom and his crew. The upcoming sequel will feature some outstanding action scenes on the streets of New York.

Meanwhile, Eastwood has expressed excitement after joining the Furious team and termed the movie franchise as a "legacy". He wrote on Instagram, "It's hard to put into words how excited I am for the next Fast & Furious. To me, the series is so much more than just a franchise. It's a legacy.
"These great actors who have been in it together for so long have become a family. I absolutely can't wait to join it. Now I can't say too much, but I get to play a new character who operates under Kurt Russell in the movie, which is incredible because Kurt was a total childhood hero of mine growing up.

"Very much looking forward to learning a thing or two from such an original and cool guy. Paul was a close friend of mine. We surfed together, traveled together, and he was a huge role model and influencing figure in my life when I was younger. He still is. He was an older brother to me. For me to be able to add to the F&F story, Paul's story and the FAST family is like a dream come true."
Furious 8 also stars Dwayne Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Chris Bridges, Eva Mendes, Kristofer Hivju, and will hit theatres on 14 April 2017.