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Exclusive look: 'Furious' gets 'Supercharged'

Bryan Alexander
USA TODAY
Fast & Furious — Supercharged hits Universal Studios Hollywood.

Furious 7 is still dominating the box office. Fast & Furious 8 is officially in the works.

But the next chapter of the Fast & Furious franchise hits Universal Studios Hollywood on June 25 with the opening of the Fast & Furious -- Supercharged attraction.

Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson and Luke Evans return in the hydraulic motion-based thrill ride which tells an original Furious story along with hyper-realistic special effects.

In this exclusive clip showing the behind-the-scenes creation, Diesel talks about being "immortalized" in the attraction.

"What we did here today, we have never done before," DIesel says. "This is new territory for us, although we have been living in these characters for 15 years."

Evans, who is villain Owen Shaw, adds that Furious was a logical extension to make the attraction which will now serve as the finale to Universal's famed studio tour.

"I'm amazed it hasn't been made into a theme park ride earlier than it has," says Evans. "When you watch the movies, you feel this power, speed and adrenaline."

Supercharged features an 120 mile-per-hour car chase through Los Angeles with 3D-HD imagery projected onto the world's longest 360-degree screen -- spanning nearly 400 feet in length in a newly constructed 65,000-square-foot structure on the Universal backlot.

As Johnson, in full Hobbs attire, says in the clip after shooting scenes for the ride: "I can honestly say in my blood, heart and bones, that this ride is exactly that -- a thrill ride."

"To be immortalized in a ride is a very cool thing," Johnson adds. "Who am I kidding? It's cool."



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