A spy film featuring Hobbs and Shaw on the hunt for Cipher where they are funded with gadgets from Kurt Russell’s Mr. Nobody, would admittedly be a nice change of pace for the franchise.
Hunting down Cipher could prove to be a natural fit for the spinoff, if that is the direction it ultimately goes.
Shaw made it very clear in Fate of the Furious that his reasoning for joining the Fast heroes was to hunt down the woman that put his brother in harm’s way.
Johnson and Statham are bonafide action stars and this could be a chance for Universal to do a different genre of film within the Fast & Furious brand.