Overview
- Vin Diesel posted on Instagram that he read the Fast Forever script and called it "the best script I have read in decades," also sharing a trailer for a 25th‑anniversary re‑release of the 2001 original.
- Universal has dated Fast Forever for March 17, 2028 and reports say Michael Lesslie is the current screenwriter after multiple rewrites and writer turnover.
- Diesel has teased that the new film will tie back to the franchise’s first movie and urged fans to see the original in theaters before the finale.
- The star has claimed an unnamed role was written for Cristiano Ronaldo and that Paul Walker’s character Brian O’Conner would appear, but those casting and storyline claims remain unconfirmed in industry reporting.
- Despite Diesel posting 'on set' footage, reporting indicates principal photography has not yet begun and the follow‑up arrives after Fast X’s troubled production history and softer box office performance.