Vin Diesel Says Furious 7 Will Win Best Picture

Universal’s “Furious 7” is expected to set box office records when it opens on April 3, with fans eager to flock to multiplexes to bid farewell to Paul Walker. But the film’s star and producer, Vin Diesel, predicts that “Furious 7’s” success won’t be limited to the number of tickets it sells. He says the film will also sweep a certain 2016 awards ceremony.

“Universal is going to have the biggest movie in history with this movie,” Diesel said in a lengthy interview with Variety for this week’s cover story. “It will probably win best picture at the Oscars, unless the Oscars don’t want to be relevant ever.”

I think Vin is being a bit optimistic here.  I would say the passing of his friend might be affecting his head.  Diesel and Walker were real life best friends, so that part isn’t being used to “play to the crowd” so to speak.  I do recall Diesel being present at the birth of Walker’s daughters.  Makes sense, the original movie propelled both to the big time.

But best picture?  Probably not.  He’s right about the whole thing (Oscars) being a joke though.