Things have been very quiet on the “Fast and Furious” franchise front since the tenth film, “Fast X,” opened just over two years ago.
Development has been underway on “Fast X 2” over much of that time, a film that’s expected to rein in the prior film’s ridiculously bloated $378 million budget as well as serve as a swan song to the franchise.
Though a 2026 release date is planned, there has not been any reveal of production dates as yet. After some months of quiet though, actor/producer Vin Diesel showed up at FuelFest in Southern California on Saturday to offer a project update.
Diesel confirms the project has been delayed again with the title now aiming for release window in April 2027.
He confirmed the movie will be taking it back to the franchise’s roots with the action set in Los Angeles. In addition, the late Paul Walker’s Brian O’Conner character will reunite with Diesel’s Dominic Toretto onscreen.
Walker starred with Diesel in the original and appeared in five further installments, the last of which he hadn’t quite completed when he was killed in a car crash in 2013.
Walker’s brothers Caleb and Cody were hired as stand-ins with Walker’s face superimposed over their bodies either from old footage or as a CG recreation.
Those were only short scenes. How Brian will come back here, and to what extent he’ll be involved, isn’t clear.
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