After a quarter-century of quarter-mile, nitrous-powered and family (FAAAAMILYYYY) focused carnage, the Fast & Furious franchise — which has grown from humble mid-budget street racing beginnings in 2001’s The Fast And The Furious to world-beating ‘volleying giant bombs with muscle cars in Rome’ blockbuster phenomenon by 2023’s Fast X — is coming to the end of the road. And earlier today, franchise star/talisman/ultimate cheerleader Vin Diesel took to Instagram to share the movie’s title and release date. True to the franchise’s total lack of naming convention, the Toretto clan’s last outing is called Fast Forever — and it’s coming to cinemas on 17 March, 2028. Check out Big Vin’s post below;
“No one said the road would be easy… but it’s ours,” wrote Vin Diesel on Instagram, poignantly sharing a photo of himself alongside late franchise co-star Paul Walker. “One that has defined us and become our legacy… And a legacy… lasts Forever,” the actor and saga producer added, before revealing that the eleventh Fast film is set to hit cinemas just over two years from now. Now, we don’t know exactly what to expect from Fast Forever just yet, or who will be returning for the saga’s grand finale, but Vin Diesel did confirm three conditions he set to Universal execs for making the last Fast film at car festival Fuel Fest back in 2024 that certainly offer tantalising hints: “The first is to bring the franchise back to L.A.,” he told the crowd, “The second thing was to return to the car culture, to the street racing. And the third thing was reuniting Dom and Brian O’Conner. That is what you’re going to get in the finale.”
How exactly Brian — originally played by Walker and last seen driving into the sunset at the end of Fast & Furious 7 — will return is anybody’s guess at this point. But with one movie left, the saga set to return to its roots for its last hurrah, and Vin Diesel revved up and ready to go, you can bet we’ll be there at the start line with our Fast-loving family (FAAAAAMILYYYYYY) when Fast Forever races into cinemas on 17 March, 2028.