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EXCLUSIVE: With filming under way on Fast X, Deadline has learned that Justin Lin is stepping down as director of the next installment in the Fast and Furious franchise just days into production. Lin co-wrote the film with Dan Mazeau and will remain on as a producer. While the parting was amicable between both…

Universal said Tuesday that it will now release the 10th chapter in its Fast & Furious movie franchise on May 19, 2023. The pic had originally been scheduled for a wide release on April 7, 2023, where it was placed after the Easter weekend success of F7 in 2015, which became the highest-grossing title in the franchise…

This morning, Universal Pictures dropped a new trailer for F9, the latest action-packed installment in its Fast & Furious franchise. Picking up after the events of 2017’s The Fate of the Furious, the action pic follows unparalleled street racer and auto mechanic Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel), as he’s reunited with his…

The Rock backed now President Biden in last year's smackdown of an election, but Dwayne Johnson may have caught the White House bug himself to one day succeed Uncle Joe. Always savvy on social media, the Fast & Furious franchise star went online this morning to weigh in on a recent Newsweek poll that found almost 50%…

EXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures is planning to wrap up its Fast & Furious core film franchise with two final movies that will bring to a close a franchise that has revved its way to become the highest-grossing movie series in the studio’s history. Justin Lin, who is in post-production on F9, is in talks to direct the…

Michelle Rodriguez has been all about horsepower in the Fast & Furious movie franchise. But she’s also about girl power, having lobbied the producers to get a woman added to the series writing staff. Speaking on The Jess Cagle Show on SiriusXM today, Rodriguez said she was “really happy” that the producers were open…

EXCLUSIVE: MTV has teamed up with Universal Pictures to create a terrifying Fast & Furious-themed stunt for its competition format The Challenge. The ViacomCBS-owned network is challenging contestants on the 35th season of the show, titled The Challenge: Total Madness, to do their best impressions of Vin Diesel as…

Whenever Paramount decides to reboot Jack Reacher, they may want to re-consider casting Dwayne Johnson in the lead role. The wrestler-turned-thespian took to Facebook tonight to answer fan’s questions, teasing Universal’s Hobbs & Shaw 2 and talking about the part that got away: the title role in Par’s feature…

EXCLUSIVE: Finn Cole, Anna Sawai and Vinnie Bennett have joined the cast of the ninth chapter in the Fast & Furious saga. Character descriptions for the latest installment are being kept under the hood. Franchise mainstay Justin Lin (Fast & Furious 6) returns to direct and franchise forefather Vin Diesel stars as…

Universal has just announced that Fast & Furious 9 (still to be titled) will drive from its Easter weekend April 10, 2020 release date to May 22, 2020, which is Memorial Day weekend. Taking over F&F 9‘s spot is MGM’s Bond 25, which just moved from its Feb. 14, 2020 date to the Wednesday before Easter next year on…

The documentary I Am Paul Walker premiered earlier this year on television, but the Virgil Films docu has released a new trailer to coincide with its on demand debut. The new version, which will be approximately 30 minutes longer, will be released on November 30, the fifth anniversary of Walker’s death. A DVD will be…

More Hobbs and Shaw casting. Idris Elba will be playing the villain in The Fast and The Furious spinoff with Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham. David Leitch directs off franchise scribe and producer Chris Morgan’s script. Before July 4, Vanessa Kirby was announced as part of the film. Original Film’s Neal H. Moritz is…