Action star and serial do-gooder Dwayne Johnson may be branching out even more. According to producer Hiram Garcia of the Fast and Furious franchise (say that five times), they are trying to position Johnson’s Luke Hobbs character to launch spinoff movie. Not only is it possible, but Garcia and Johnson have already started flushing out the background and storyline. Don’t hold your breath yet, the reason Johnson was sidelined in Fast 7 was due to his over packed schedule and there aren’t signs that it is lightening up anytime soon.

Do they love the character enough to make a standalone Hobbs movie starring Dwayne Johnson? “A hundred percent,” according to Garcia. “I think there’s always been conversations for that. The scheduling of it all is a challenge but there are always talks about a potential spinoff movie and what we can do with it. DJ and I were just talking about that the other day – our visions for it. There’s a real goal for that and we can have enough fun with that where we’ve earned that now with the audience. He’s a beloved enough character that they’d love to see what a ride with him would be like in his world. We have tons of history that we’ve crafted for this guy that we continue to sprinkle in throughout the movies. You’ll see a little bit more in this movie but ultimately we want to take that ride and spin him off and have some fun with it.”

[From ComicBook.Com]

OMG – DJ?!? I am totally calling him “DJ” too. Don’t worry about DJ’s screen time on Fast 8 because Garcia assures us that although DJ hasn’t shown up on set yet, they have him for a good chunk of his time and he will be “spread throughout the entire film.” Let’s all just take a minute with that thought, shall we? Mmmmmm.

DJ also just confirmed that they are still moving forward on the remake of Big Trouble in Little China. I know, I know – enough with the remakes (both for DJ and for movies in general)! But there are some movies that just scream for reincarnation and BTiLC is one of them. DJ is perfect to reprise Jack Burton; he can deliver a cheesy line better than anyone I know. When asked about the plans, DJ replied, “That’s happening, man! That’s happening, that’s happening. And again, that’s one of those things where you gotta take really good care of it.” You know what I think? I think Kim Cattrall should still play Gracie. She was so gloriously campy in the role and she could still get away with it. Fast 8 co-star and original Jack Burton, Kurt Russell, was asked about the remake and you know what ol’ Jack Burton always says… ol’ Jack always says, what the hell.