Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson Promises ‘Big Stars’ In Upcoming ‘Fast And Furious’ Spinoff


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Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham will reprise their roles of special agent Hobbs and evil mastermind Deckard Shaw in the upcoming Fast and Furious spinoff.The suspected plot is that the enemies must join forces to track down Charlize Theron’s cyber villain Cipher after the events of The Fate of the Furious. The script will be written by Chris Morgan, who wrote The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, Fast & Furious, Fast Five, Fast & Furious 6, and Furious 7. Rumor is that Shane Black of Iron Man 3 fame could be the director. Though there are few concrete details, The Rock wants you to know that it is going to be epic.

Johnson said there “big stars” have been “circling” the spinoff. He added that he just wants to “make a great movie for the fans” and everything else doesn’t matter. “I never ever get wrapped up in the sludge of the bullshit that can be connected at times to a franchise. So I never get dragged into it. I never respond to any of that.”

Tyrese is not a fan of the spinoff.

The Rock also divulged what he set out to do when he joined the Fast and Furious famiy. “It’s been a challenging process because I feel like my intention from day one, when I first joined the cast, was to hopefully come in, have fun, and create a character that people will hopefully like and try to elevate the franchise,” Johnson told Entertainment Weekly. “But in the process of elevating the franchise, I have always thought that in order for this to have real longevity and legs, we should spin out and create characters that can live on their own.”

The Fast and Furious spinoff will hit theaters July 26, 2019, nearly a year before Fast 9 is scheduled to hit theaters for April 10, 2020.

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