Updated
Updated · Variety · Aug 18
Fast Forever Starts Filming in December After 4 Years of Script Development
Updated
Updated · Variety · Aug 18

Fast Forever Starts Filming in December After 4 Years of Script Development

3 articles · Updated · Variety · Aug 18

Summary

  • December is the target start for filming “Fast Forever,” Vin Diesel said at a 25th-anniversary screening of “The Fast and the Furious.”
  • Four writers and four years of development led to a script Diesel said finally felt worthy of the franchise finale, adding that reading it moved him to tears.
  • March 17, 2028 is the release date for the 11th and final mainline film in Universal’s longest-running franchise, which has grossed $7.3 billion worldwide.
  • Studio demands still hang over the production: Diesel said the December start depends on meeting a request from Universal, while director Louis Leterrier recently said he has not yet read the script.

Insights

With the director yet to read the script, will Universal actually greenlight the final Fast & Furious movie for December?
Can Fast Forever slash its budget by nearly half without losing the explosive action that fans expect?
How will the deeply emotional final script connect the scaled-down finale back to the franchise's humble 2001 street-racing roots?