Making a family is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make The Fast and the Furious Saga, from Vin Diesel walking away from the franchise (2 Fast 2 Furious), to Justin Lin fighting for a diverse cast (Tokyo Drift), or James Wan overcoming the death of Paul Walker (Furious 7), and Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson’s feuds with Vin Diesel and Tyrese Gibson (The Fate of the Furious). Correction: Ja Rule did not ask for $30 million. It was for an unknown amount still considered too expensive for director John Singleton. 💸 | Support us! 🔗 | Follow us! 👕 | Buy our merch! From the creators of WTF Happened To This Movie?, It Was A Sh*t Show is a video essay/documentary/podcast series looking at some of your favorite films and tv shows, and why they were such a nightmare to make. Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 00:34 - Racer X Inspires Neal Moritz’s Film Franchise 01:08 - Casting Dominic Toretto: Timothy Olyphant? 01:45 - Vin Diesel & David Ayer Rewrite a More Diverse Film 02:22 - The Brotherhood of Vin Diesel & Paul Walker 03:12 - The Fast and the Furious Releases June 22, 2001 03:34 - John Singleton & Tyrese Join But Diesel Walks 04:30 - 2 Fast 2 Furious Releases June 6, 2003 04:47 - The Origins of Chris Morgan & Justin Lin 06:25 - Lin’s Troubles Lead to a Vin Diesel Cameo 07:37 - F&F: Tokyo Drift Releases June 16, 2006 08:03 - Lin & Diesel’s New Fast Mythology 09:53 - Fast & Furious Releases April 3, 2009 10:19 - Lin’s Commitment to Practical Stunts 12:23 - Diesel Casts The Rock, But Questions Tyrese 13:13 - Fast 5 Releases April 29, 2011 13:38 - Lin’s Raises the Stakes: Tanks & Planes 14:41 - Fast & Furious 6 Releases May 24, 2013 15:03 - James Wan Replaces Justin Lin 16:22 - Fighting Egos: Diesel, The Rock & Jason Statham 17:08 - Paul Walker: 1973 - 2013 18:55 - Completing Furious 7 Without Walker 20:07 - A Difficult Diesel 20:44 - WETA Digital Brings Paul Walker to Life 21:59 - Furious 7 Releases April 3, 2015 22:39 - Universal Avoids Making Diesel a Director 24:32 - Diesel & The Rock’s Feud Explodes 25:54 - The Fate of the Furious Releases April 14th, 2017 27:00 - A Return To Normal Sources: Box Office: Box Office Mojo: Buzzfeed: CNN: ComingSoon: Deadline: Digital Spy: Empire: EW: GamesRadar+: Grantland: Hollywood Reporter: IGN: LA Times: Men’s Health: People: Rolling Stone: Rotten Tomatoes: SFGATE: TMZ: Uproxx: USA Today: Wall Street Journal: Featured Footage: Ballers (2015-2019) Cars (2006) The Chronicles of Riddick (2004) The Conjuring 2 (2016) The Fast and the Furious (1955) The Fast and the Furious (2001)* 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)* The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)* Fast & Furious (2009)* Fast 5 (2011)* Fast & Furious 6 (2013)* Furious 7 (2015)* The Fate of the Furious (2017)* Hobbs & Shaw (2019) F9: The Fast Saga (2021) Gone In 60 Seconds (2000) I Am Paul Walker (2018) The Italian Job (2003) Letterkenny (2016- ) The Muppet Movie (1979) Pitch Black (2000) Rick and Morty (2013) Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) The Skulls (2000) Speed Racer (2008) Star Trek Beyond (2016) Terminator Salvation (2009) Tron Legacy (2010) *Including special features ABC: CBS: CNN: Collider: Entertainment Weekly: The Graham Norton Show: Hollywood Film Awards: The Jonathan Ross Show: MTV: reelblack: SNL: Vanity Fair: Vibe: WIRED: Music: BT - The Fast and the Furious (OST) David Arnold - 2 Fast 2 Furious (OST) Brian Tyler - The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (OST) Fast & Furious (OST) Fast 5 (OST) Fast & Furious 6 (OST) Furious 7 (OST) The Fates of the Furious (OST) The Muppets - Movin’ Right Along Wiz Khalifa - See You Again w/ Charlie Puth #itwasashtshow #fastandfurious #vindiesel