TheFast & Furiousfranchise is one of the few box office juggernauts that can challenge Disney’s dominance at the box office, and Universal is absolutely done living life a quarter-mile at a time. And I don’t just mean becauseDom’s in full dad-mode now. Universal’s ever-expanding international racing-meets-super-criminals-sometimes-on-the-side-of-the-law franchise got its first big spinoff with last year’s hitHobbs and Shawand dove into the animated and streaming markets with Netflix’sFast and Furious: Spy Racers, but next up, it’s a return to the tried and true with the upcomingFast and Furious 9.
The film is officially titledF9: The Fast Saga(which fits perfectly in the franchise’s batshit insane lineage of title formatting), the new film picks up with the family after the events ofTheFate of the Furious(re: insane title formatting) and seesTokyo DriftandFast 5directorJustin Linback at the helm.
Ahead of the trailer debut, Universal has debuted a new batch of character posters, including newcomerJohn Cena, who looks to fill a Rock-sized hole in the franchise’s ever-growing Beefy Boi lineup.Vin Diesel,Michelle Rodriguez,Jordana Brewster,Tyrese Gibson,Ludacris, andNathalie Emmanuelalso get their own posters, each paired with a sweet ride and some fierce smoke VFX, which you can check out below. No poster forHelen Mirren, which seems like an actual call-the-cops crime but I digress.
Here’s the official synopsis forF9. For more on the film, be sure tocheck out what Cena told us about making the film and pulling off the insane set-pieces.
Summer 2020 is the time for F9, the ninth chapter in The Fast Saga that has endured for almost two decades and has earned more than $5 billion around the world. Directed by Justin Lin, who helmed the third, fourth, fifth and sixth chapters of the series when it transformed into a global blockbuster, the film stars Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Jordana Brewster, Nathalie Emmanuel, Oscar®winner Charlize Theron and Oscar® winner Helen Mirren. F9 is produced by Neal H. Moritz, Vin Diesel, Jeff Kirschenbaum, Joe Roth, Justin Lin, Clayton Townsend and Samantha Vincent
