This spin-off also comes as the original Fast & Furious series starts winding down, with Fast & Furious 9 set for 2020 and the final installment, Fast & Furious 10 arriving in 2021.
With Deadpool 2 hitting theaters starting today, director David Leitch will likely now start focusing on his highly-anticipated Fast & Furious spin-off featuring Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) and Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham).
Chris Morgan, who has written every Fast & Furious franchise film since Tokyo Drift, is on board to write the script, but there isn’t much else known about the film.
Universal has set a July 26, 2019 release date, with filming slated to begin this fall, and while doing press for Deadpool 2, David Leitch revealed that his spin-off will be more grounded than the Fast & Furious franchise it was spawned from.