Universal has set the date for the next "Fast & Furious" movie, now called "Fast Forever," to come out on March 17, 2028.
Vin Diesel, who is a main part of the series and helps make the movies, shared the news on Instagram.
He posted a picture of himself with the late Paul Walker, who was in the first movie, "The Fast and the Furious" from 2001. He wrote, "No one said the road would be easy... but it's ours. One that has defined us and become our legacy... And a legacy... lasts forever."
Over the past 25 years, the "Fast & Furious" movies have made a total of $7.3 billion, making it the most successful and longest-running movie series for Universal.
The highest-grossing movie in the series is "Furious 7" from 2015, which made $1.5 billion worldwide. The latest movie, "Fast X," made $704 million. The movies have also branched out into other things like an animated show and a spinoff movie called "Hobbs & Shaw."
The news about "Fast Forever" comes after many people were wondering when Vin Diesel's character, Dominic Toretto, and his group of friends — Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Ludacris, Jordana Brewster, Nathalie Emmanuel, Sung Kang, and Jason Statham — would get back into their cars after the big ending of "Fast X."
In the final scene of "Fast X," Dominic drives down the side of a dam and into the water, trying to escape with his son, Little Brian, from a trap set by the villain Dante.
The movie ends with a black screen and two scenes that hint at the return of Dwayne Johnson's Hobbs and Gal Gadot's Gisele.
Before the movie came out, Universal already hired Louis Leterrier, who directed "The Transporter," to be the director for the next movie.
Christina Hodson and Oren Uziel will be writing the script.
However, fans have been waiting for news about the next movie since May 2023, and the updates have been slow and confusing.
This 5-year wait is the longest gap between movies since the series started.
There have been some changes along the way.
Vin Diesel first said the movie would come out in April 2025, then Louis Leterrier said 2026. But plans stopped because the studio and the team had to agree on the story and budget.
In January, Vin Diesel said the series, which has filmed in faraway places like Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo, London, Havana, and Abu Dhabi, would "return home" to shoot in Los Angeles to help the local economy after the wildfires.
Then in March, he announced he would direct a sequel to the short film "Los Bandoleros" to connect "Fast X" to the next movie. In June, he performed at Fuel Fest, a car-lover event in California, with his co-stars Tyrese Gibson and Cody Walker, and hinted at an April 2027 release.
After all these ups and downs, the plan is now official.
Dominic and his family will be on the road again in 2028.
