Fast & Furious 11 Gets Filming Update From Tyrese Gibson That Points To Release Delay (2024)

Fast & Furious 11 gets a filming update from Tyrese Gibson that suggests a delayed release. The sequel, confirmed to wrap up the main Fast & Furious franchise, is being directed by Louis Leterrier and will serve as a continuation of Fast X. Despite the large budget and brief transition between installments, the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes reportedly affected the upcoming finale. Plot details remain scarce, but Vin Diesel previously revealed that Fast & Furious 11 would include an end to Brian O’Connor’s storyline (famously portrayed by the late Paul Walker).

Diesel also revealed that Fast & Furious 11 would release in April 2025, but Gibson’s latest update points to a potential delay. During an interview with CBR, the actor, who plays Roman Pierce in the franchise, explained that production on Fast & Furious 11 will begin next year. Read Gibson’s quote below:

"Because of the strike, both strikes, there were some real delays in writing and kind of getting the film up on its feet. I'm hearing that we're going to get it going right in 2025, right at the top of the year."

How Filming Delays Might Impact Fast & Furious 11

Will It Really Hit Its April 2025 Release Date?

The Hollywood strikes affected production of several major blockbusters, including Fast & Furious 11. While Universal Pictures aimed for a release strategy similar to past installments, ensuring that the Fast & Furious franchise ends favorably will be important given the underwhelming box office performance of Fast X. The penultimate entry made headlines for its increased budget, but failed to cross $1 billion, earning a lower total than many of its recent predecessors.

Diesel continues to celebrate the Fast & Furious franchise and update fans on the filming process with behind-the-scenes content, involving cast photos and stunt preparation. There may be some concerns about the impediments of a delayed production but, if done right, Fast & Furious 11 will conclude decades of storytelling and character arcs. It will likely focus on the cliffhanger from Fast X surrounding Dom Toretto (Diesel) and Little B, and feature the return of Dante Reyes (Jason Momoa), who Leterrier teased would be different this time around.

It will be interesting to see whether filming for Fast & Furious 11 begins next year, as Gibson revealed, and how long the whole process will actually take. Right now, the film is set for an April 2025 release date, but that will be impossible to hit if filming doesn't begin until the top of next year. Universal using this delay to reevaluate the franchise's conclusion after Fast X makes the most sense and, because the long-running film series has held up in popular culture, the upcoming finale could still prove succesful despite its delayed release.

Source: CBR

Fast and Furious 11

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Action

Adventure

Fast and Furious 11 is the final movie in the Fast Saga. It reunites Vin Diesel's Dominic Toretto with the rest of the cast for one last ride. However, the franchise is open for spinoff films like Hobbs & Shaw afterward.

Director

Louis Leterrier

Release Date

April 4, 2025

Distributor(s)

Universal Pictures

Writers

Christina Hodson , Oren Uziel

Cast

Vin Diesel

Franchise(s)

Fast and Furious

prequel(s)

Fast X , The Fate of the Furious , F9: The Fast Saga , Furious 7 , Fast & Furious 6 , Fast Five , Fast & Furious , The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift , 2 Fast 2 Furious , The Fast And The Furious