Fast And Furious 9 Release Delayed By A Year
The ninth film in the Fast and Furious series was supposed to be out on 19 April 2019, but as revealed by the franchise’s official Instagram account this week, it’s been pushed back by almost a year.
The magic date is 10 April 2020 - the Easter weekend of that year. The date change presumably means the tenth and final film in the ‘saga’ - originally slated for a 2 April 2021 release - will also be shunted back a year.
The reason for the move? Universal Studios hasn’t yet said. Perhaps the writers need more time to come up with something to exceed the ridiculousness of F8’s hilariously bombastic submarine scene, but we’re thinking it could down to creating a neat gap for the rumoured Hobbs/Shaw spin-off.
Yep, Dwayne Johnson’s Diplomatic Security Service agent is allegedly going to team up with the assassin an all-round sociopath played by Jason Statham. As with with most recent F&F films, some serious suspension of disbelief will be needed with that one.
Does the F9 delay bother you? Do you still enjoy these flicks even though they’ve long since departed the street racing basis of the first few installments? Give us your thoughts in the comments below.
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This shouldn’t have happened! If the tenth movie releases in 2021 then it will be 20 years of Fast And Furious franchise. So it was kinda fitting to give it a proper send-off with tenth film when franchise completes 20 years.
Leaked Image from the set of FF9
2020? Thats probably when Dominic Toretto gets a Tesla
So are they just forgetting he killed Han? They were all jacked up to take him out at the beginning of FF8 and just seem to forgive him after working with him.
Honestly…
They are OK as a one-time to watch action film. But the dont deserve the name they carry. The only movies that should bear it are the first 3, that were actually about cars. I just dont feel the continuity of a franchise besides the characters.
Maybe they need the extra time because they’re going to try actually writing a plot for this one.
Thet are just taking a long time to make something even more unrelated to cars
Delay doesn’t bother me at all, especially since I haven’t seen 6 or 8 yet. Weird skips, I know.