{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Boxoffice Podcast","title":"Author Barry Hertz on The Explosive Story Behind Fast & Furious","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/48679017\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2790,"description":"This week on the Boxoffice podcast, co-hosts Daniel Loria, Rebecca Pahle, and Chad Kennerk recap the opening weekend of “Wuthering Heights” and cover all the latest news in theatrical exhibition. Then in the feature segment, Daniel speaks with Barry Hertz, Deputy Arts Editor at the Globe and Mail, about his new book Welcome to the Family: The Explosive Story Behind Fast & Furious, the Blockbusters that Supercharged the World. Give us your feedback on our podcast by accessing this survey: https://forms.gle/CcuvaXCEpgPLQ6d18 00:00 Intro00:21 Episode Preview Barry Hertz Interview01:00 Weekend Box Office Kickoff and Weathering Heights Opening06:11 Weathering Heights $38M Debut Analysis08:00 Warner Bros.’ Ninth #1 in a Row08:21 Sony’s Goat Opens to $35M08:44 Amazon MGM’s Crime 101 Overperforms11:43 Amazon MGM’s 2025 Slate Momentum13:00 Disney Hits $1B Globally in February14:00 Warner Bros. Sale Update14:26 New Fast & Furious Release Date 202816:02 Barry Hertz Joins the Podcast17:00 Discovering the First Fast & Furious21:00 From Street Racing Article to Global Franchise23:26 How the Franchise Went Global29:00 Was Tokyo Drift Almost Direct to DVD?30:00 Justin Lin Reinvents the Series33:00 Universal and Vin Diesel Decline Participation37:57 On Set Tensions and Diesel Johnson Rift39:00 Scrapped Villain Super Team Plans41:00 What’s Happening With Fast X Part 2?","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Jfj-6olCiM5xZcoUMFwgIgkcUp7lMj8CNCU4wQy8bRc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/Lzg1NzYvMTU4NDQ4/MzMxNC1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}