Producers of the 'Fast and Furious' franchise have reportedly decided to retire the character of Paul Walker, who died in a horrific car crash in November 2013, from the film.
Insiders told The Hollywood Reporter that the 40-year-old actor's character, Brian O'Conner, will not be killed off in the film, but the plan is to retire the character in a way that the studio hopes will satisfy fans of the franchise and make use of the existing footage of Walker.
Sources added that movie bosses devised a plan to tweak the existing script so that Walker would remain a part of the story but could be written out, allowing the franchise to continue without him.
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