Fast & Furious 11 a year later. Franchise veteran director Justin Lin will helm both films, which are set to film back-to-back in early 2022.
After working together since 2011's Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw was a decent hit for the pair, and a sequel is in development. As the two-part Fast & Furious finale gears up, Vin Diesel has now publically asked The Rock to return to the "Fast Family," saying The Rock has a very important role to play.
Fast & Furious franchise to have an ending that will satisfy viewers, critics, and the box office, having The Rock return is not only desirable but also necessary.
While the story for Fast & Furious 10 is under wraps, unresolved threads provide possibilities as to how and why Hobbs could return. Hobbs historically worked with Kurt Russell's Mr. Nobody, whose plane crashed at the start of F9, his fate left uncertain. It's unlikely that someone as tenacious as Hobbs would sit idly by while his friend remains missing. Additionally, F9 introduced Dom’s brother, Jacob (John Cena). Given their history in the wrestling ring, it seems a no-brainer to have The Rock and John Cena go head to head on the big screen. Finally, Cipher (Charlize Theron) is still on the loose at the end of F9 and was responsible for Elena Neves's death in The Fate of the Furious. Neves was Hobb's partner at the DSS and the biological mother to Dom's son. This common ground could provide the catalyst for Hobbs to return and work together with Dom in bringing Cipher to justice.
However Fast & Furious 10 and Fast and Furious 11 wrap up the main series, Universal Studios have no intentions of letting their multi-billion-dollar cash cow rest. As well as the aforementioned Hobbs & Shaw sequel, a women-led spin-off is also in development. As is the trend currently, a legacy sequel could also happen further down the road, before the inevitable reboot. Given all this, even if The Rock and Vin Diesel’s feud isn’t resolved right now, there is still plenty of potential for them to share the screen together once more at some point down the road.
