Michelle-Rodriguez-in-Fast-and-Furious-6Fast and Furious 6 has long been one of my most anticipated films of the year. And after the release of the first footage with the Super Bowl TV spot, it’s gained overnight status as one of the year’s most promising blockbusters for those previously unaware. (You can see the stats here in the Super Bowl Trailers Infographic.)

Fast Five brought the franchise to all-new heights, in terms of both success and all-round general awesomeness. And we can’t wait for Fast and Furious 6 to tell the next story in the saga.

The first full-length trailer will be debuting later today, and ahead of that, Michelle Rodriguez has released a great new image of herself in the film through her Facebook.

“Since Dom (Diesel) and Brian’s (Walker) Rio heist toppled a kingpin’s empire and left their crew with $100 million, our heroes have scattered across the globe.  But their inability to return home and living forever on the lam have left their lives incomplete.

Meanwhile, Hobbs (Johnson) has been tracking an organization of lethally skilled mercenary drivers across 12 countries, whose mastermind (Evans) is aided by a ruthless second-in-command revealed to be the love Dom thought was dead, Letty (Rodriguez).  The only way to stop the criminal outfit is to outmatch them at street level, so Hobbs asks Dom to assemble his elite team in London.  Payment?  Full pardons for all of them so they can return home and make their families whole again.”

Vin Diesel and Paul Walker are of course front and centre once more, with Rodriguez resurrected for the anticipated sixth instalment. Joining them is another brilliant ensemble, headed up by Jordana Brewster, Dwayne Johnson, Luke Evans, Joe Taslim, Tyrese Gibson, Gina Carano, Gal Gadot, Elsa Pataky, and the excellent Sung Kang.

Justin Lin is behind the camera once more, having helmed the third, fourth, and fifth instalments, and he’s directing from a script penned by Chris Morgan, who’s written all the films in the series that Lin has directed.

Fast and Furious 6 will be hitting the big screen on 24th May in the UK and US, and that date really can’t come fast enough. This is going to be amazing. For now, here’s the great new image. And be sure to come back later when the full trailer lands.

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