Universal Pictures’ “The Fast and the Furious” franchise is still trucking onwards with the ninth entry hitting this Summer and the first spin-off “Hobbs and Shaw” opening in 2019 to strong box-office.
The latter saw enemies Luke Hobbs, played by Dwayne Johnson, and Deckard Shaw, played by Jason Statham, teaming up to take down a common enemy (Idris Elba).
There’s been talk of other potential spin-offs in the film series, and this week producer Hiram Garcia told ComicBook.com that those involved are committed to making them:
“We’re always thinking ahead and we’ve been developing right away, we actually have a really great story that we’ve been cooking up. Chris Morgan has been writing, and I think that’s the beauty, it’s the Fast & Furious universe, right?
I think it’s not so much about separating or anything, they all fall under the umbrella of Fast & Furious, Fast & Furious universe, and Fast & Furious is the mothership but obviously, that franchise is so beloved and has so many fans, and there are so many stories to tell within it.”
One story will be a direct sequel to “Hobbs and Shaw” following its success on its own, and hopefully, one to answer some lingering questions like who is the Eteon Director? Garcia says the franchise’s go-to writer Chris Morgan has already been working on the story:
“For us, we 100% want to do our part: continue to tell that story, ride with Hobbs. He’s always connected to those guys and the way those things intertwine, we’re gonna have to find out, but we’re full steam ahead on that, we’ve got a great story, a big fun story.
Chris Morgan is a brilliant writer and he’s taken that entire universe in so many different directions but that’s definitely moving along, just having a conversation about it right before you and I spoke, and I’m real excited where it’s going but we’ll continue to push along.
We know fans wanted it, that first one, was received really well and so that’s what we needed to know, that the fans wanted more, so we’re going to deliver it.”
Fans meanwhile won’t have to wait for more ‘Furious’ action long as the delayed Justin Lin-directed “F9: The Fast Saga” will arrive in cinemas on June 25th should all go well.