Reports of a spinoff movie focused on Johnson and Statham’s Fast & Furious characters emerged around the time of this past spring’s theatrical release of the eighth chapter in the franchise, The Fate of the Furious.
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson and Jason Statham’s Fast & Furious spinoff movie is now officially scheduled to open in theaters on July 26th, 2019.
Johnson joined the Fast & Furious franchise in 2011’s Fast Five and has played Diplomatic Security Service Agent Luke Hobbs in every installment in the franchise since then.
This not only contributed to the much-publicized feud between Johnson and Vin Diesel during production on The Fate of the Furious, it has also led Tyrese Gibson to publicly criticize The Rock – blaming him for Fast & Furious 9‘s release date being delayed.