Fast and Furious 7 Insurance Claim Largest Ever
Since the death of Paul Walker Fast & Furious 7’s Insurance Claim will hits all time high with largest in movie history!
After the untimely death of Paul Walker in the Fast & Furious franchise there has been much speculation about what Fast & Furious 7 would do and who would replace one of the films leads.
That has all been taken care of with Walker’s brother taking over his role and having the film rewritten to accommodate the proper changes for the films direction. Walker was killed last Thanksgiving holiday while the cast was taking a week break from production.
The studio faced challenges like writing Walker out to using deleted scenes from earlier movies to paying for CGI work, pretty much every conceivable possibility was publicly chewed around. Lost in that loud shuffle was a really interesting, underlying financial question: who would pay for all these alterations?
CelebNMusic247.com has learned via CinemaBlend that now things could get messy in a hurry thanks to what should be the largest insurance settlement in the history of the motion picture industry.
Like the majority of big budget, studio-driven event films, Fast & Furious 7 was insured. Specifically, the tentpole was/ is insured by the Fireman’s Fund, the single largest, most storied insurer in Hollywood. They’ve paid out settlements before, including one in the $15 to $20 million range after John Candy died during Wagons East. According to The Hollywood Reporter, this claim will likely double that one, at minimum. Exactly where the figure will end up, however, is a matter of debate. Publicly, Universal and the Fireman’s Fund have said nothing but nice things but behind the scenes, there is allegedly some friction going on thanks in part to how the studio has chosen to carry on without Paul Walker. Executives have enlisted the help of Walker’s two brothers, Cody and Caleb, as well as an actor who can recreate Walker’s persona.
Let us not forget that THR reports that F&F7 director James Wan and writer Chris Morgan are tweaking the script in a way that they can use what footage of Walker they already shot (about half the film), while also creating a send off for Walker’s character Brian that would still allow the franchise to continue.
Paul Walker will truly be missed, but we know that the cast, crew and studio will do their best to make the film work with the loss of Brian’s character.
Thoughts?
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