Justin Lin Talks FAST SIX, TERMINATOR 5 And DIE HARD 5

Source: The Playlist, Collider

Director Justin Lin is somewhat of a hot commodity these days. After the massive success of this summer's  Fast Five (to the tune of over $600M worldwide at the box office) the director will also helm the next installment in the Terminator franchise, with or without Arnold Schwarzenegger. More on that later. So as you could imagine Lin pretty much has his pick of the litter as far as which film he wants to move onto next. Looks like the director has chosen to stick with familiar territory for his next feature!

Speaking with The Playlist, Lin confirmed that Fast and Furious 6 will indeed be his next project. It has already been reported that Paul Walker, Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson are all set to return for the sequel and the script is being polished as we speak by screenwriter Chris Morgan. Back in April, Universal stated that the next installment could switch gears from fast racing cars to a good old fashion heist movie which Fast Five showed elements of throughout that film. No word on if that’s still the focus as of now but Fast Six looks to be moving forward either way with a scheduled release date of May 24, 2013.

Now as for what other projects the director has lined up, Terminator 5 (or whatever they'll end of calling it) is still in the pipeline and Lin recently met with both Schwarzenegger and James Cameron to talk details regarding the franchise:

"Just even this week, I had a great meeting with Arnold and James Cameron, just sitting down unofficially. And James is so gracious because he's not part of the project, he's not going to be producing, but it was great of him just as a filmmaker to take time out to just talk."

So that means after Fast Six, Lin will begin production of the Terminator film right? Well the director wouldn't confirm whether the film will be his next project or not. Also in the interview Lin talked about other films projects he's been asked to helm, more specially Die Hard 5 which the director turned down due to the lack of creative control he would have:

"For many of the projects, I feel very privileged, but I just know it wasn't the right situation. And the first Die Hard changed me as a kid when I watched it. But Die Hard 5 is just not something that I'm going to do, or I'm interested in."

Talk about in high demand. To sit there and say that you turned down the chance to work with Bruce Willis and to have the likes of Vin Diesel, Paul Walker and the former Governator himself Arnold Schwarzenegger in your corner for the next few years has to say something! Justin Lin is on his way up and will soon be mentioned as one of the better action directors to come along in a very long time!