With each installment, the FAST AND THE FURIOUS franchise has become increasingly ridiculous as it throws the laws of physics out the window, but one thing the series hasn't done yet is go to outer-space. In a pre-COVID world, the upcoming FAST AND THE FURIOUS 9 film would have debuted in theaters back in May, but as with just about every other film out there, its release was pushed back due to the pandemic.
FAST AND THE FURIOUS 9, which seems to be titled F9, deals with Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) confronting the sins of his past when his team goes up against the most skilled assassin and high-performance driver they've ever encountered: Dom's forsaken brother, Jakob (John Cena). Much of the ensemble cast has returned for F9, including Chris "Ludacris" Bridges as Tej Parker, and the actor spoke on SiriusXM's The Jess Cagle Show where he may have insinuated that the upcoming sequel could finally take the franchise to space. Co-host Julia Cunningham said, "I don't even know creatively what they could come up with to wow us, even though I know they do every time. I'm like, space has to be involved, submarines, I don't even know. In my mind I can't imagine what happens in the next movie." To which Ludacris responded:
You just said something very important. I will say that you are very intuitive, because you said something right, but I'm not going to give it away.
When Cunningham exclaimed that she bet it was space, Ludacris put his hand over his mouth. "I don't know. I don't know what you said," he teased. While Ludacris could be speaking of something else, I will be shocked if the franchise doesn't go to space before all is said and done. Shocked, I say! Although the release of FAST & FURIOUS 9 has been pushed back, Ludacris said that the additional time gives the editors even more time to perfect the film; additionally, "If there is a Fast 10 and 11, and you understand the time the creatives, the people who are writing these scripts right now have to make these the best possible sequels of all time — I can't even imagine. That is what I am thinking." FAST & FURIOUS 9 is slated to hit theaters on April 2, 2021.
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