Fast & Furious 11 has already been announced, which is fortunate considering how surprised
the fans were by Fast X's cliffhanger.
Fast & Furious 11 — or Fast XI or Fast X Part 2, as they may refer to it — appears
to be the middle installment in a climactic trilogy, as opposed to the two-part conclusion
we had anticipated.
Although Universal has not yet officially announced the extra film, work has already
begun on the Fast X director Louis Leterrier's return for the next film, which will be scripted
by Christina Hodson and Oren Uziel.
What can we anticipate from Fast & Furious 11, though?
You can find all you need to know right here, but significant Fast X spoilers are forthcoming.
Potential release date for Fast & Furious 11: When will the Fast X sequel be released?
Fast & Furious 11's release date hasn't been officially announced, however Vin Diesel said
at CinemaCon in April 2023 that it will happen in 2025.
Expect a similar release schedule for the upcoming Fast & Furious film as those months
have historically been preferred for the franchise's releases.
The ongoing writers' strike in the US, however, may cause a delay.
"How long it lasts will determine how much the scripting for the upcoming Fast movie
is interrupted.
It will be difficult to think that we can complete this project on the timeframe we'd
like to if it takes too long, according to Universal chairman Peter Cramer, who spoke
to the Los Angeles Times.
Fast X was filmed from April to August 2022 before it was released in May 2023, thus we
would expect that Fast 11 would need to begin production around April 2024 in order to be
released as planned in April or May 2025.
The next movie's filming schedule has not yet been confirmed by Universal, and we won't
know for sure until the writers' strike is ended.
Cast of Fast & Furious 11: Who will return for the Fast X sequel?
Although the cast for Fast & Furious 11 hasn't been announced, we can make some informed
assumptions based on what happened in Fast X.
There is no chance the series will murder either Dom or his kid Brian (Leo Abelo Perry),
despite the fact that the Fast X conclusion saw Dominic Toretto in a bit of a jam at the
bottom of a dam that Dante Reyes is ready to blow up.
The new Agency chief Aimes (Alan Ritchson), who was collaborating with Dante all along,
launched a rocket at their jet, forcing it to crash, leaving the destinies of Roman (Tyrese
Gibson), Tej (Ludacris), Ramsey (Nathalie Emmanuel), and Han (Sung Kang) in limbo as
well.
Though it's likely that one of them may die, don't be shocked if they all return in the
sequel.
As Letty and Cypher, respectively, Michelle Rodriguez and Charlize Theron will also return.
In the closing scene, Gisele (Gal Gadot), who is, yep, miraculously alive again, picked
them up in Antarctica.
(How?
No one knows.)
If Jason Statham is successful in rescuing his mother Queenie (Helen Mirren) from Dante's
goons, he will return as Deckard Shaw.
After Dwayne Johnson makes a surprise appearance in the closing credits, Jason Statham could
also reunite with Hobbs.
Fast X's worst loss was Jakob Toretto, played by John Cena, who gave his life to help Dom
save his kid.
You can never say never in this series because Jakob's car blew up while he was inside of
it, even if we didn't really see a corpse.
In relation to the Toretto family, Jordana Brewster's Mia will return and, ideally, have
more to do this time around.
Daniela Melchior may also make a cameo as Isabel, who has been revealed to be Elena's
sister and, as such, is Dom's son's aunt.
Another Fast X newcomer who might make a comeback in the upcoming film is Brie Larson's Tess,
joining Alan Ritchson's Aimes and Jason Momoa's Dante.
Although she had been shot, she appeared unharmed, which would bring her father Mr Nobody (Kurt
Russell) out of hiding.
The cast for the next film already looks sizable enough, but Scott Eastwood's Little Nobody
and Rita Moreno, who played Dom, Mia and Jakob's grandma, may also appear.
And it's never impossible for another big celebrity to join the franchise.
Diesel has even mentioned the possibility of enlisting Robert Downey Jr. as the "antithesis
of Dom": a proponent of autonomous automobiles (surprise).
Paul Walker's Brian O'Conner will probably appear in Fast & Furious 11 if it marks the
conclusion of the Fast Saga, however it's not obvious how or if they'll bring Brian
back.
Meadow Walker, who appears in Fast X as a flight attendant who aids Jakob and Brian
in escaping the Agency, may return and be shown to have a larger part in the Toretto
family.
Plot of Fast and Furious 11: How does the new Fast X movie begin?
Let's go through what's left dangling at the conclusion as Fast X is essentially set up
for Fast & Furious 11 (and perhaps beyond).
Roman, Tej, Ramsey, Han, Dom, and his son Brian's futures are all in limbo, as was already
revealed.
Dom and Brian will likely survive their situation, but it's conceivable that one (or more) of
the other four have died.
Help has arrived in the shape of the previously deceased Gisele, who now appears to be travelling
around in a submarine, for Letty and Cypher who are stuck in Antarctica.
(Not the Fast & Furious 8 one, which was obliterated.)
Due to Queenie's prior assistance to Dom, Dante has sent goons after her, so expect
a clash between Dante and Hobbs in the upcoming film.
Meanwhile, Deckard Shaw is going to go retrieve his mother from the henchmen.
The events of Fast X were written with knowledge of how it will all finish, so even if it doesn't
feel definitive now, it will all come together even though Fast & Furious 11 hasn't yet been
released.
Leterrier told the Los Angeles Times, "We needed to understand where we're ending in
order to create the road to it."
The decision to discontinue the franchise at this point had to be made on top of everything
else.
This is how it must finish.
Unanimously, yeah.
Everyone concurred.
held hands.
We then returned to our jobs."
Your guess is as good as ours as to what the actual conclusion will be since we don't know
it yet (although a BBQ will definitely play a role somewhere), but the fun is in the speculating.