They did it. They actually did it. After years of fans joking that the only way for theFast & Furiousfranchise to top its previous over-the-top, logic-defying stunts was by literally going into space, the trailer forFast & Furious 9has revealed that Dominic Toretto’s merry crew of drag-racers turned government secret agents will indeed be going into space in this film.
Justin Lin, who returns to directing aFast & Furiousmovie after leaving the series some time back, revealed in an interview with THR that he consulted with actual scientists tomake the space action scenesbelievable, and his consultants were just as flummoxed as the fans are.
“I’m on the phone with scientists, learning about fuel and physics. It was great, having the scientists on the other line going, ‘Wait, what? What are you trying to do?’ I love it.”
Of course, theFast & Furiousfranchise has proven that audiences can have so much fun watching a ridiculously over-the-top action movie that the logical inconsistencies no longer matter. Apart from getting to watchDom and his crewpossibly punch an alien species in the mouth while in space,F9will also feature the triumphant return of fan-favorite character Han.
The character has been a part of the series before even Vin Diesel as Dom came into the picture. That was why fans were shocked when Deckard Shaw, the newFast & Furiousvillain played by Jason Statham, seeminglykilled Hanoffscreen.
To add insult to injury, later movies had Shaw become one of the good guys, even getting his own spinoff series,Hobbs and Shaw. Fans started an online#JusticeForHancampaign to ensure the franchise honored Han in a proper manner. In a previous interview, Lin had revealed that he himself felt deeply committed to ensuring justice is indeed done regarding Han.
“Han means so much to me because he was a character before Fast & Furious. Somebody asked me about Han and [Deckard] Shaw. I was like: ‘Wait, what? Shaw is at the barbecue in 8?’ [laughs] Really, I was so confused. One of the big reasons to come back was I felt like we needed to correct something.”
The trailer forF9has confirmed that Han is back, and as much a badass as ever, rapidly taking down multiple enemies with a sniper rifle. Also in the mix is newcomer Jakob, the younger brother of Dom, who hates the entireFast & Furiouscrew, and plots withCipher, the main villain played by Charlize Theron to take them down. What all this has to do with going into space is yet to be revealed, but as long as the sequence is suitably epic, fans won’t really care much about the reasons.
Directed by Justin Lin,F9stars Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, John Cena, Nathalie Emmanuel, Jordana Brewster, Sung Kang, Helen Mirren, Kurt Russell, and Charlize Theron. The film arrives in theaters on June 25. This news comes fromthe Hollywood Reporter.
