It seems the rumors are true, with Universal Pictures setting a June 25, 2025 release date for a currently-untitledFast and Furious Spin-Off, which will star Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham. This comes just one day after the studio pushed itsFast & Furious 9 release dateup a whole year, from June 30, 2025 to June 27, 2025. It was rumored that the release date was pushed because of this long-rumored spin-off, which lies at the heart of a feud between Dwayne Johnson and Tyrese Gibson.
We first reported on this spin-off back in April, which brings togetherLuke Hobbs and Deckard Shaw(Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham). This spin-off was even teased inThe Fate of the Furiouspost-credit scene that was never shown in the film, because Vin Diesel was reportedly not pleased with the scene and vetoed it. The scene in question featured both Hobbs and Shaw bantering together, with the April report claiming that the studio wanted to get this spin-off going while they figured out what to do withFast & Furious 9, which still doesn’t have a director attached. No plot details have been given yet, except that this story will feature both Hobbs, a U.S. Diplomatic Security agent, teaming up with the former villain Shaw.
Both Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham were rather late additions to theFast & Furiousfranchise, with The Rock coming aboard as Hobbs in 2011’sFast Five, where he was originally pursuing Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and his team, before ultimately joining the team. Deckard Shaw was first introduced at the end ofFast & Furious 6, where it was revealed that he was the mysterious driver that killed Han (Sung Kang) at the very end of the third movie,Tokyo Drift. Both characters interacted with each other while locked up in prison inThe Fate of the Furious, and now we’ll seemingly get to see how they work together while not locked up behind bars.
This project also created a new feud between Tyrese Gibson, who has played Roman Pearce since 2003’s2 Fast 2 Furious, took to social media to whereTyrese begged Dwayne Johnson to drop this spin-off, stating that the whole cast is a family, and that they don’t, “fly solo.” Tyrese’s pleas were made after with The Rock posted photos from his “GSD table” (Get s–t done table) of the actor signing some documents, although it seems those pleas fell on deaf ears. After the release date was pushed yesterday, theTyrese and The Rock feudgot worse, with Tyrese congratulating The Rock for making the franchise all about him.
Regardless of the brewing feud, this spin-off is happening, although it remains to be seen when, or if, Dwayne Johnson will publicly respond to Tyrese’s messages on social media. Unfortunately,Deadlinedidn’t reveal any story details about this project, but its August 16, 2025 release date puts it up against an untitledTerminatorproject, along with an untitled Sony Pictures Animation project. As reported back in April,Fast & Furiousfranchise writer Chris Morgan will be tackling the scripting duties, although it remains to be seen who will direct.
