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An image from "Fast & Furious 7"

(Universal Pictures)

Get ready, Cleveland: Fast and Furious is coming to town this summer. And we don't mean Donald Trump and Ted Cruz.

The Greater Cleveland Film Commission (GCFC) just announced that the eighth film in the "Fast & Furious" franchise -- "Fast 8" -- will shoot second unit photography in Cleveland, Ohio from May until June 2016.

Second-unit means action shots with stunt performers, for the most part, so don't expect to see star Vin Diesel in line at your local Starbucks. That means car chases galore, and the road closures that come with them.

GCFC President Ivan Schwarz said in an interview that the production company has not yet designated which roads or highways they will use.

"They're working that out now," he said. "As they get closer, that information will come out."

The Cleveland shoot of "Captain America: The Winter Soldier," directed by Cleveland natives Joe and Anthony Russo, shut down the West Shoreway for more than two weeks in the summer of 2013, angering many commuters.

"We did get complaints," Schwarz said. "But the irony is, the people who complained the most ended up calling us for tickets when it opened. And we had hundreds of people watching them shoot every day. It was fun, and this is going to be very fun for the city too.

The second-unit director for "Fast 8," Spiro Razatos, is at least familiar with the city and its traffic. He also did the second-unit directing for "Winter Soldier" here, and served as second-unit director for previous "Fast & Furious" films, as well as for "Captain America: Civil War," directed by the Russo brothers and opening May 6.

"He's definitely the guy to go to for chase scenes and major stunts," Schwarz said.

On the heels of the $1.5 billion "Furious 7," Diesel will lead the returning cast in "Fast 8," which is set to release on April 14, 2017. While the plot of "Fast 8" is still unknown, Neal H. Moritz, Michael Fottrell and Diesel return as producers, and F. Gary Gray ("Straight Outta Compton") will direct. It was recently announced that Oscar winner Charlize Theron and Scott Eastwood have joined the returning cast of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez, and others from past installments of the "Fast & Furious" franchise.

"We are very excited to welcome "Fast 8" to Cleveland," Shwarz said in a release. aid GCFC President Ivan Schwarz . "This is yet another example of what an attractive production destination Cleveland has become. We'd like to thank the State of Ohio, the City of Cleveland and Cuyahoga County for working with us and the production to make this happen."

During production, the GCFC release said, "Fast 8" is expected to create more than 380 direct jobs for Ohioans, book more than 8,200 room nights and engage over 200 Ohio businesses for a range of goods and services, including equipment rentals and supplies for lighting, construction and props, site rental fees, production vehicle rentals, food purchases, office rentals, warehouse fees and security services.

[This story was updated at 4:39 p.m. April 27]