Jason Statham to reprise his role in Furious 8

Jason Statham, who played the bad guy Deckard Shaw in the last two installments of Fast & Furious series, is set to return for the upcoming sequel. "We're already talking about doing another one, part eight. I'm a newcomer. I just got invited to the party in this last one, so it's nice to know I'm going to be doing another," the actor said. The action star joined the franchise in 2013 with a cameo in Fast and Furious 6. But he later had a bigger role in Furious 7. It will be the first film in the franchise without Paul Walker. The eighth installment is set to hit North America on April 14, 2017.