<P> In February 2016, Diesel announced the ninth film and tenth film would be released on April 10, 2020, and April 2, 2021, respectively, and that the tenth film would serve as the final film in the series . Justin Lin is reportedly in line to direct the ninth installment . It was also announced that Jordana Brewster would return for the ninth installment . </P> <P> In May 2018, Daniel Casey from Kin, was announced to write a screenplay for the ninth film, making the first film in the franchise without long - time screenwriter Chris Morgan . </P> <P> Vin Diesel announced in an interview with Variety that potential spin - offs were in the early stages of development . A spin - off film centered around two characters Luke Hobbs and Deckard Shaw was announced by Universal and set with release date of July 26, 2019, with Variety reporting that Shane Black was being considered to direct and Morgan returning to write the script . The announcement of the spin - off provoked a response on Instagram by Tyrese Gibson, criticizing Johnson for causing the ninth Fast & Furious film to be delayed for another year . </P> <P> On October 23, 2017, Dwayne Johnson posted a video on Instagram which showed the finished script for the spin - off, titled Hobbs and Shaw . In February 2018, David Leitch entered talks to direct the film, which was confirmed later that April . In March 2018, it was reported that the film would start production in September 2018 . In May 2018, the release date of the film was pushed back a week to August 2, 2019 . </P>

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