Death Race

Don't try this at a roundabout near you.OK, I guess I have another reason to catch "Death Race" this coming weekend. JoBlo.com reports the film will have a two-minute trailer for the fourth installment in the "Fast and Furious" franchise attached to it.

I was never a fan of the series until I saw the third one, "F&F: Tokyo Drift." It was actually the first F&F I'd ever seen, because the trailers for both "The Fast and the Furious" and the cheesily named sequel "2 Fast 2 Furious" made me yawn.

Tyrese Gibson in 'Death Race'Tyrese Gibson, who plays Machine Gun Joe in the upcoming remake of "Death Race," recently told The Can magazine that a new ending to the film was shot just weeks before its opening this Friday.

The new ending was apparently a response to "feedback from the fans." I'm guessing he means reactions from test audiences, because it's unlikely a film that hasn't been theatrically released can have that many fans. The new ending apparently sets up the possibility of a sequel better than the original one did.

Machine Gun Joe's Ram from 'Death Race'By now you may know the '70s cult classic "Death Race 2000" is getting a big-budget remake, courtesy of Universal Studios.

It stars Jason Statham, Tyrese Gibson, Ian McShane and Joan Allen and it's due in theaters Aug. 22. If you can't wait that long for your dose of heavy metal mayhem, the kind folks at Jalopnik have all the information you need to stage your own Death Race.