Fast and Furious 8: After Abu Dhabi in Furious 7, The Eighth Installment Goes to Cuba!

The next installment of the Fast and Furious series will be shot in Cuba.

Reports have suggested that Universal Pictures has selected a shooting location for the 8th sequel of the Fast & Furious franchise. And this time Dominic "Dom" Toretto and the rest of his team have chosen Cuban islands for yet another adrenaline-charged car chase.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the director of Fast & Furious 8, F Gary Gray, recently made a trip to Cuba to scout for locations for his upcoming project. A source revealed that Universal Pictures has moved forward with the paperwork to take permission to shoot the action film in Cuba.

"Universal Pictures is currently in the process of seeking approval from the United States and Cuban governments to explore shooting a portion of the next instalment of the Fast & Furious series in Cuba," said a statement from the studio.

US and Cuba imposed an embargo on each other in 1960 and since then, there has been no economic or commercial trade between the two countries. It was only in 2015 when US President Barack Obama tried to re-establish ties with Cuba and ease restrictions on American travel to the island that a new possibility for Hollywood to shoot movies has opened up.

It is said that shooting for Fast & Furious in Cuba could be a difficult task for the crew as the Havana film industry is not that well-equipped. A big and ambitious production such as Fast & Furious 8 needs a huge team to pull off production, which is going be the biggest challenge.

Nevertheless, it will be worth waiting for the film to release as the series suffered a serious jolt after the unfortunate death of its lead actor Paul Walker.

The main production of Fast & Furious 8 will be based in Atlanta, Georgia, like the previous instalments. But the production house is looking towards other exotic locations such as Russia and Iceland to shoot the film.

Fast & Furious 8 is slated for release on April 14, 2017