First look: Paul Walker in Furious 7 trailer

It is his final contribution to the world of film.

And the trailer for Furious 7 has just been released, giving fans of the late Paul Walker a chance to see him in the last Hollywood footage he ever filmed.

Walker - who passed in 2013 - returns as Brian O'Conner, and shares the screen with co-stars Vin Diesel and Michelle Rodriguez in some of the trailer's most action-packed moments.

After the death of Owen Shaw (Luke Evans) - who perished in the sixth installment after a confrontation with the protagonists - Furious 7 will see Owen's brother Ian (Jason Statham) return with revenge on his mind.

"All right, let's get to work," Dominic Toretto (Diesel) says at the start of the trailer, who is captured behind the driver's seat of a car.

His girlfriend Letty Ortiz (Rodriguez) is shown to be in a car beside him, donning a sleek racing suit.

After Tej Parker (Ludacris) playfully teases Roman (Tyrese Gibson), it is revealed the crew are seated inside a number of slick cars within a flying airplane.

"Just when you didn't think it could get any better," Brian says before the team step on the gas to drive out of the airborne craft.

Parachutes deploy out of the cars as they quickly descend towards a mountainous region.

At the trailer's premiere, Diesel paid tribute to Walker, calling him a "special angel".

Alongside his co-stars, the 47-year-old actor thanked the film's fans for their touching words about his "brother", who died aged just 40 in a car crash in Los Angeles last year.

Gibson said: "Even when that moment happened, of us losing our family and Paul, we all have significant others ... or not, we all have our own immediate circle of family and friends and loved ones, but they didn't know Paul the way we knew Paul.

"So if it wasn't for us meeting up, talking, having those conversations ... I mean, me and Michelle [Rodriguez] were hanging for like four or five days straight until I [saw] her smile again."

The 35-year-old singer and actor credited the film's "family" unit for helping them all get through the tragedy of losing a close friend.

Furious 7 is slated for an April 3, 2015 release date in New Zealand.

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- Daily Mail