Charlize Theron Set to Star in Fast 8

Apr 07, 2016 03:05 PM EST

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Charlize Theron has signed on to star in the upcoming Fast 8, the next film in the Fast & Furious franchise.

Theron will be playing a new character and joining Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Michelle Rodriguez and Tyrese Gibson, among others.

Theron is certainly no stranger to the action genre, having starred in Mad Max: Fury Road as well as The Italian Job, Aeon Flux and Hancock (to an extent).

Fast 8 is slated for an April 14, 2017 release.

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