Fast & Furious franchise – Movie Smack Talk

As ‘The Fast and the Furious‘ franchise has continued on for years and years, they’ve progressively gotten lazier and lazier with the titles.

Now, with this ninth installment, the title is simply F9. And we’re sure the tenth film will just be, “F”

This ninth installment was originally supposed to be released in May of 2020, but was pushed back due to the coronavirus. It’s now set to be released on June 25, 2021. And if it doesn’t get pushed back, it’ll be the first major blockbuster to debut since Tenet last fall.

Vin Diesel‘s Dom is back in the driver’s seat, while Justin Lin (who helmed parts three through six of the series) returns to the director’s chair for F9. F9 sees the return of many favorite and not-so-favorite characters, with an ensemble that includes Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Jordana Brewster, Nathalie Emmanuel, Helen Mirren, and Charlize Theron.

After this ninth film is released, the studio has plans to release a tenth and eleventh film. It’s believed that number 11 will be the last one.

Check out this brand new trailer for ‘F9’ below, and be sure to take the entire family to watch this masterpiece in June.

Even though Furious 7 would have been the perfect way to end the successful ‘Fast & Furious‘ franchise, we all knew it wouldn’t be the end once it went on to earn $1.516 billion worldwide.

When a film brings in that much money, it’s going to get a sequel.

And now things are official. Vin Diesel and Universal have confirmed the world will be getting at least three more films in the franchise to make it a 10-film series. The 48-year-old actor shared the exciting news on his Instagram account late Tuesday night.

As you can see in the photo above, the release dates are April 14, 2017 for Fast 8, April 19, 2019 for the 9th film, and the final film will hit theaters April 2, 2021.

And I don’t know about you, but I get nervous thinking about anything scheduled after 2020. It doesn’t feel like an actual date to me. Anyway, if 2021 is actually a thing that happens, I hope some theater is brave enough to show all 10 films. I’m not a huge fan of the franchise, but I would probably be one of the idiots who purchased tickets just to join the experience.

Maybe Shia LaBeouf would be willing to host the event. He seems to enjoy painfully long movie marathons.