Production on the film had been canceled on December 1, 2013 due to the tragic death of Paul Walker, who had been killed in a car crash on November 30, 2013. Shooting had been underway in Atlanta and the film was scheduled to be released on July 11, 2014. Director James Wan and Universal executives held a conference call on a discussion about necessary rewrites and how to proceed with the production in a manner respectful to Walker's death. Walker was nearly half way through filming at the time of his death.