Dwayne Johnson returns for new Fast and Furious movie – The Hollywood Reporter

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After the surprise tease at the end X is fastUniversal makes it official: Dwayne Johnson is back for another fast and angry film.

Johnson will star in an untitled movie fast Universal and Johnson announced Thursday. fast Mainstay Chris Morgan penned the screenplay. The return is a huge reversal for the star, who has repeatedly insisted he’s done with the action movie series after his clash with it. fast Title: Vin Diesel.

The new project is also a comeback franchise for Morgan, who sat out F9 And X is fast But penned six of the main franchise films as well as the 2019 spin-off, Fast & Furious Shows: Hobbs & Shawwhich starred Johnson and Jason Statham.

Johnson will also produce this one fast project with his Seven Bucks Productions partners Dany Garcia and Hiram Garcia. Interestingly, joining Johnson on the list of producers is fast Diesel stars and hosts, who will produce with Samantha Vincent via One Race. (The producers clearly take the franchise’s “family” theme very seriously, as Danny Garcia is Johnson’s ex-wife while Hiram Garcia is Danny’s brother and Johnson’s ex-son-in-law. Samantha Vincent is Diesel’s sister.)

Also producing are Morgan for his Chris Morgan Productions, Jeff Kirschenbaum for Roth/Kirschenbaum Films, and Neal Moritz for Original Film.

This new movie is not a spin-off Hobbes and Shawnor is he a fast 11 or fast 12. Instead, sources say, the movie will be a bridging chapter between them X is fast And fast 11more than fast x.5, if you will. Another star is expected fast actors as well.

But fans shouldn’t get too excited about an onscreen encounter between Johnson and Diesel just yet. Sources also say that Diesel is not expected to star in this spin-off, though nothing has been ruled out for future projects.

In essence, the two conflicting stars found a way to come together behind the screen but not on screen, to bring Johnson back to life fast Privilege but without bringing it back to Diesel’s family dinner.

Johnson and Diesel famously clashed on the 2016 set of angry fate, which prompted Johnson to announce his displeasure on Instagram, calling out an unnamed male actor. Over the years, he has stated several times in the press that he will not be returning to the main franchise. “I wish good luck for them fast 9. I wish them all the best fast 10 And fast 11 rest The Fast and the Furious “The films they do will be without me,” Johnson said. Hollywood Reporter in 2021.

A few months later, Diesel made a public plea for Johnson to come back to him X is fast. Again, Johnson said in the press that he would not be returning, telling CNN there was “no chance” of him returning after he privately told Diesel about it before the co-star’s public showing. “I’ve spoken privately with my partners at Universal as well, and they’ve all been very supportive because they understand the problem,” Johnson said.

after, after X is fast Johnson was content to return for a cameo. “We reached out to Dwayne and his team, and we said, ‘Just come see the movie. You have to love the movie first. So he came to see the movie and I really liked it,’ and then we started talking,” he said. X is fast said director Louis Leterrier THR Last month.

But in a social media post on Thursday, Johnson said the family was back together.

“Last summer Finn and I left all of the past behind us. We will lead with brotherhood and determination – and we will always look after the franchise, characters and fans we love,” Johnson wrote.

The new movie allows Universal to extend the life of the franchise by more than two decades, which was apparently meant to come to an end. Over the course of 10 films, the franchise has grossed more than $7 billion at the worldwide box office. And the last installment X is fastopened number one worldwide earlier in May with US$320 million and became the second biggest worldwide opening of 2023. It crossed $500 million in its second weekend.

Johnson is represented by WME and Gang Tire.

– Aaron Koch contributed to this story.