Bow Wow goes high octane

By Joshua Tyler Sep 24, 2005, 3:55 GMT

From the producer of the worldwide blockbuster hits "The Fast and the Furious" and its sequel, "2 Fast 2 Furious," comes the latest installment of the adrenaline-inducing series built on speed-"The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift". Set in the sexy and colorful underground world of Japanese drift racing, the newest and fastest customized rides go head-to-head on some of the most perilous courses in the world.Sean Boswell (Black) is ...more

Just when you thought the 'Fast and Furious' franchise couldn't get any worse, they've decided to hire a teenage rapper.

Bow Wow will be in theaters this weekend in the roller skating movie 'Roll Bounce', but Zap2It reports that on his next project he'll get to upgrade to cars. Bow Wow will star in the third installment of 'The Fast and the Furious', hopefully to be titled something appropriately inane like 'Most Fastester'.

The 18-year-old rapper who does not like to be called "little" says the film will take place in Tokyo this time, and he'll star opposite Lucas Black. Missing, you may have noticed, are any of the actors involved in the previous two films. So at least they've got that going for them. Setting the tone for his movie, Bow Wow says, "'Fast and the Furious 3: Tokyo.' It's gonna be hot and different. My first action movie, so it's gonna be great."

Different is debatable, but what isn't, is that 'Fast and Furious 3' will be directed by Justin Lin, who is also helming the upcoming American remake of the Korean revenge pic 'Oldboy'. To me, it doesn't seem like he's into different, it seems like he's into redoing other people's work.

'Fast and Furious 3' starts shooting in October, so look for your teenage children to insist on seeing it some time in 2006.