Vin Diesel: 'Fast Forever' Script 'Best in Decades'
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- Vin Diesel called Michael Lesslie's "Fast Forever" script "the best script I have read in decades," writing on Instagram that "I am still crying" after reading it
- Diesel's post accompanied a trailer for the original "The Fast and the Furious" re-releasing in theaters August 21 for its 25th anniversary; the 2001 film grossed $207 million worldwide and starred Diesel alongside the late Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, and Jordana Brewster
- Diesel teased that "Fast Forever" will connect to the original, writing "You will thank God you got to see the First one in the theaters this summer"
- "Fast Forever" follows "Fast X" (May 2023, $704 million worldwide), which ended on a cliffhanger teasing Gal Gadot and Dwayne Johnson's returns via two post-credit scenes
- Louis Leterrier ("The Transporter," "The Incredible Hulk") is directing "Fast Forever," which releases March 17, 2028
- Lesslie rewrote a script previously penned by Aaron Rabin and Zach Dean; his credits include "The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes," "Macbeth," "Assassin's Creed," and the upcoming "Sunrise on the Reaping"
Why it matters: With "Fast X" having left Gal Gadot and Dwayne Johnson's returns dangling in post-credits and the franchise's 11th entry now steered by Leterrier and Lesslie — whose literary pedigree spans "The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes" and "Macbeth" — Universal is repositioning a $704M-grossing blockbuster series as a prestige-tinged climax for its March 17, 2028 release.
