Paramount Network Planning Paul Walker Documentary
A documentary about the life and death ofFast and the Furiousfranchise starPaul Walkeris in the works at the Paramount Network.Adrian Buitenhuis, who directed the documentaryI Am Heath Ledger, will helm the film.
Paul Walker’s 2013 death shocked fans and forced theFast and the Furiousseries to recalibrate for the future. Now, Walker’s all-too-brief life will be chronicled in a new documentary.Deadlinereports the Paramount Network is planning the doc with filmmaker Adrian Buitenhuis. Buitenhuis has some history with documentaries about actors who died tragically young. The filmmaker helmed the docI Am Heath Ledger, about theDark Knightstar who died in 2008 at the age of 29. The new Paul Walker documentary will be titledI Am Paul Walker.
Per Deadline, “I Am Paul Walkerwill feature interviews with many of Walker’s cast mates as well as friends who knew him best…The film will explore Walker’s prolific film career and also showcase, among other things, the actor’s passion for the world’s oceans and marine life and his work to help rebuild Haiti after the devastating earthquake.”
Walker began his career with TV guest star roles on shows likeThe Young and the RestlessandTouched by an Angel. He eventually made the leap to more mainstream films, appearing inPleasantville,Varsity Blues,She’s All That,The SkullsandJoyride. It was theFast and the Furiousseries that would bring Walker the most fame, though, and he stuck with the franchise until his fatal car accident in 2013. At the time of his death, Walker hadn’t finished working onFurious 7, and his remaining scenes had to be completed with the help of digital effects, and also Walker’s brothers, Caleb Walker and Cody Walker, serving as stand-ins. While theFuriousseries is Walker’s most famous work, I’d recommend checking out the under-seen, but stylish-as-hell 2006 thrillerRunning Scared, which might be the actor’s best film.
I Am Paul Walkerwill come from producerDerik Murray, who has turned this style of documentary into an on-going series for the Paramount Network. In addition to producingI Am Heath Ledger, Murray also produced the Paramount Network docI Am Chris Farley, about the late comedian. Murray has several other similar titles under his belt:I Am JFK Jr.,I Am Dale Earnhardt, I Am Evel Knievel, andI Am Sam Kinison. Next up he hasI Am MLK Jr., which will debut on Paramount Network on July 05, 2025.
