Since the release of Fast & Furious 8 last year, there have been rumbles of discontent in the Fast & Furious family. The decision to launch a spin-off movie featuring the characters played by Jason Statham and Dwayne Johnson hasn’t gone down well amongst some in the cast, and even during production on Fast & Furious 8, The Rock wasn’t best impressed with Diesel’s attitude to the movie. Happy times.
It makes sense then that it all splinters. Said spin-off is going into production later this year, directed by Deadpool 2’s David Leitch. And then the year after, we get Fast & Furious 9, from which Dwayne Johnson is likely to be absent. Instead, the focus will be on Vin Diesel and the original set of characters.
Furthermore, a familiar face is returning to direct. Justin Lin helmed films three through to six in the series, before jumping off to make Star Trek Beyond. But now Diesel has confirmed that Lin is coming back to the franchise, and he’ll direct both Fast & Furious 9, and following that, Fast & Furious 10.
As Diesel told the Today show, “I just got off the phone with Justin Lin, who is directing Fast 9 and Fast 10, and I can’t tell you how excited he is. We haven’t been to Africa, I can tell you that. And we are long overdue”.
Fast & Furious 9 is due in cinemas in April 2020.