Fast and Furious star Vin Diesel has revealed that the final installments of the franchise will start filming next year – that's right, Fast and Furious 10 will be a two-parter.
"I'm doing Fast 10 Part 1 and Part 2, the finale of the saga, in January," Diesel, who plays lead character Dominic Toretto, said in a recent interview with Regal.
The success of Fast and Furious 9 is a pretty good explanation as to why the studio has opted for a two-part finale, in the same vein as Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. The ninth Fast and Furious movie made $70 million in North America during its opening weekend – that's not only a box office record for the pandemic, but since 2019, as it's the biggest start for a movie since 2019's Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. By comparison, the last movie to hold that record during the pandemic was A Quiet Place Part II, which made $48.3 million. At the international box office, the movie has now made $335 million, pushing its overall global takings up to a whopping $405 million.
Filming for Fast and Furious 9 took place in 2019 and the movie's release date was delayed for more than a whole year due to COVID-19, as theaters closed and Hollywood was put on pause. Number 10 was then meant to come out in 2022, but obviously that won't be the case now and a new release date has yet to be confirmed. As for the cast and the plot of the saga's finale, the post-credits scene in Fast and Furious 9 seems to set things up pretty nicely – if you've already seen the movie (or don't mind spoilers), you can read GamesRadar+'s chat with director Justin Lin about the post-credits scene.
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