Vin Diesel shares ‘Fast and Furious 8’ unofficial poster

Actor Vin Diesel announces a forthcoming eighth installment in the "The Fast and the Furious" movie franchise during the Universal Pictures presentation at CinemaCon 2015 at Caesars Palace on Thursday, April 23, 2015, in Las Vegas. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

‘Fast and Furious’ actor Vin Diesel took to Instagram to unveil the unofficial poster of car-racing-themed movie ‘Fast and Furious 8’.

Diesel, 47, hinted that the eighth installment of the movie would take place in New York, reported Aceshowbiz.

“Kurt Russell came in for this movie. But we really hired him because of a story that follows this that takes place in New York,” revealed the actor.

The new poster he shared features New York City skyline in the backdrop. The poster has a new logo with a tagline saying ‘Summer 2017.’

It has already been confirmed that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson will reprise his role as Luke Hobbs in the ‘Furious 7’ sequel.

James Wan is reportedly eyed to return as director for the eighth instalment of the movie franchise. The movie is scheduled to be released in the US on April 14, 2017.

>A photo posted by Vin Diesel (@vindiesel) on May 26, 2015 at 12:26pm PDT