Vin Diesel is calling on Universal Pictures to give ‘Fast & Furious’ an update on the next movie.
In a recent social media post, Diesel made an appeal to the studio, asking them to update “the best fans in the world” on when they can expect the next film.
“Universal… Please tell the best fans in the world, when the next movie is coming out. Please.” Diesel wrote on Instagram.
Diesel’s mother is an astrologist. Maybe she can predict the release date for him.
No, but seriously, it’s clear that Diesel wouldn't be saying this if the next instalment was actually happening. Something’s going on here, and it probably has to do with Universal stalling development.
The last one, “Fast X,” was a failure for Universal; it ended on a cliffhanger, but audiences didn’t seem to care enough to demand the continuation. It didn't leave people wanting more. Oh, and the film was exorbitantly expensive, with a budget of $340M.
There’s been very little news about the status of the sequel since ‘Fast X’ opened in theaters in May 2023, and as mentioned, ended on a cliffhanger. It didn’t help that co-star Tyrese Gibson recently pondered whether the film would ever get made.
Back in May, ‘Fast X’ director Louis Leterrier confirmed a 2026 release for the next film, and that they would start production in “early 2025.” That clearly isn’t happening.
It's filming early next year, and it's coming out in 2026, which will be exactly to the day, 25 years since the first one came out.
Have plans changed? Delays? Rewrites? There have been multiple attempts at cracking the script for this next film, with, at least, three writers having already been hired. The original April 4th, 2025, release date was also pushed back, and it’s now, apparently, March 2026.
If you remember, Jeff Sneider, via his newsletter, reported that if another ‘Fast’ movie were ever to happen, Universal would be going back to basics, aiming to go “lean and mean” with the eleventh film in the series in an attempt to cut spending that saw the production of “Fast X” inflate to a ridiculously overindulgent $340M budget. “Fast X” pulled in $714.5M worldwide — the previous two had earned over one billion dollars each at the box office.