Johnson will reprise his role as special agent Luke Hobbs opposite Statham’s career criminal / anti-hero Deckard Shaw in the new Fast & Furious spinoff, which is set to be directed by Atomic Blonde and Deadpool 2 director David Leitch.
Idris Elba has joined the cast of Hobbs & Shaw, headlined by Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham — aka the source of intense drama among the Fast & Furious fam.
That baddie will be played by Idris Elba, who has typically played the more heroic type in recent years.
Fast franchise writer Chris Morgan wrote the script for the spinoff, which sees Hobbs and Shaw overcoming their differences and uniting to take down a common enemy.