Last Updated: June 18, 2020
Here's everything we know about Fast & Furious 9, aka F9, so far. The Fast & Furious franchise expanded last summer with its first ever spinoff film, Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw. That movie followed Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham's characters Luke Hobbs and Deckard Shaw on their own standalone adventure, before the mainline series continues next year.
In the years since the original Fast and the Furious hit theaters in 2001, the property has grown by leaps and bounds in terms of box office gross, scope, and even critical reception. The franchise has also managed to attract quite the assortment of actors in that time, ranging from big-name action stars like Johnson and Statham to popular character actors (Luke Evans), actors who have since become super-stars (Gal Gadot), and even Oscar-winners in the forms of Helen Mirren and Charlize Theron. At its core, however, the series is still the story of ex-convict street racer Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and his extended family. That hasn't changed since Fast and the Furious costar Paul Walker's tragic death during production on Furious 7, either.
Since Universal decided to bump Fast & Furious 9 back to 2021 due to the Coronavirus pandemic, there's an extra year to go until the franchise's mainline narrative picks up from where 2017's The Fate of the Furious left things. As such, there's still a good amount we don't know about the film when it comes to plot. With that in mind, here's everything we do know about the movie right now.
Fast & Furious 9 Release Date
Fans will have to wait a lot longer than originally expected for Fast & Furious 9 to hit theaters. Universal originally dated the film for April 19, 2019, before bumping it back and giving that date to Hobbs & Shaw. F9 was then placed on May 22, 2020, but the Coronavirus arrived to throw Hollywood into disarray, leading the sequel to be delayed nearly an entire year to April 2, 2021. That move leaves Fast and Furious 10 without a release date, for now.
Fast & Furious 9 Confirmed Cast
Returning to their prior franchise roles for Fast & Furious 9 are Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Tyrese Gibson, Nathalie Emmanuel, Charlize Theron, Helen Mirren, Lucas Black, Bow Wow, Jason Tobin, and Sung Kang. New cast members for F9 include John Cena, Michael Rooker, Cardi B, Anna Sawai, Finn Cole, Vinnie Bennett, Ozuna, and Francis Ngannou. Details on all the new roles besides Cena's - he plays Dom's younger brother - are being kept under wraps.
The Rock Won't Be Back For Fast & Furious 9
Dwayne Johnson has already confirmed he won't reprise Luke Hobbs for Fast & Furious 9. The news isn't surprising, seeing as The Rock and Diesel infamously butted heads during production on The Fate of the Furious and didn't even film any of their scenes together. Johnson has also expressed an interest in continuing to expand his section of the franchise with a Hobbs & Shaw sequel, which is now in development. Fate of the Furious struggled to balance the screen time between Johnson and Diesel's characters anyway, so it's probably for the best that they're working separately for now.
Fast & Furious 9 Plot Details
The intricacies of F9's plot are still fairly vague, but what's known is that the story concerns Dom Toretto (Diesel) and his makeshift family facing down the threat posed by the return of villain Cipher (Theron), and her new ally Jakob Toretto (Cena), Dom's younger brother. In another surprising twist, the long thought dead fan-favorite character Han Lue (Kang), is returning, hopefully to finally get justice.
Fast & Furious 9 Trailer
The official full-length trailer for F9 was released in January 2020, back when the ninth Fast & Furious installment was still slated for a spring 2020 release, and can be seen above. Fans should brace themselves for a long wait until the next trailer or new round of footage arrives, thanks to how long the sequel has been delayed.
Fast 10 Will Be The Last Film (In The Main Series)
The current plan is to end the main Fast & Furious movies with Fast & Furious 10 in 2022 (or whenever the film ultimately reaches theaters). Diesel has further claimed that Lin is already set to direct Fast & Furious 10, which suggests the filmmaker will knowingly set the stage for the finale with the ninth installment. Keeping that in mind: Universal has plans to continue the franchise past Fast & Furious 10, and is moving towards releasing a new Fast & Furious movie (be it a spinoff or sequel) every year in the foreseeable future.
Other Upcoming Fast & Furious Films
There's at least one Fast & Furious spinoff in active development right now, in addition to Hobbs & Shaw and Fast & Furious 9 and 10. The film doesn't have a title yet, but is described as a women-led spinoff and already has three female writers working on the script in some fashion. Diesel previously claimed that spinoff movie storylines for "various characters" have been written, so there could be even more Fast & Furious spinoffs in the pipeline that we don't know about just yet. Reports have already suggested Theron's Cipher might be in line for her own movie. That's not including Hobbs & Shaw 2, which Johnson has already said he intends to make and wants Jason Momoa to play one of his brothers in. The Aquaman actor had to pass on the first Hobbs & Shaw due to his busy schedule.
