Nevertheless, nearly 50 years after its creation, Hot Wheels remains as popular a toy line as ever, creating nearly 9 million cars each week.
It’s unclear whether Justin Lin’s version of the movie will travel down that same route or opt for a different destination.
Considering that Justin Lin already has plenty of experience in the world of car-focused blockbusters helming four of the Fast & Furious movies, if anyone is properly suited to get Hot Wheels back in drive, it’s him.
There have been various basic Hot Wheels premises reported over the last decade, from a young man trying to reconcile with his father to a state trooper fighting a criminal mastermind, However, the script penned by Art Marcum and Matt Holloway apparently going for a tone that would be “more Mission: Impossible than Fast & Furious.”