‘Fast Forever,’ the Final ‘Fast & Furious’ Film, is Coming. Here’s Everything We Know

We finally know when we will see the Fast & Furious family again.

It’s been almost three years since the release of Fast X. The plan at the time was for Fast & Furious 11—the second installment of the two-part franchise finale—to drive into theaters in April 2025. But then Universal’s crown jewel hit a speed bump. Fast X grossed just $714 million worldwide—which sounds like a lot, until you realize that the film cost an estimated $350 million and that Fast 8 grossed over $1.2 billion (Fast 9 took in only $726 million in 2021, but that installment gets a pandemic pass).

In the wake of those disappointing returns, both questions and silence have plagued the future of Fast. Some even wondered if Universal might just abandon ship, despite Fast X ending on too many cliffhangers to count. But the studio revved the engine back up this past Friday with the announcement of a title and release date for the long-running series’ swan song: It’s called Fast Forever, and it’s coming on March 17, 2028. With that crucial information now acquired, here’s everything else we know about the final Fast.

Where Did Fast X Leave Off?

Late in Fast X, Jakob (John Cena), a reformed villain and the long-lost brother of Dom (Vin Diesel), sacrifices himself to allow Dom to save his son, Little B (Leo Abelo Perry), from new big bad Dante (Jason Momoa). Dom manages to get his boy back, only to fall into a trap set by Dante. Just as Dom and B are cornered by two self-driving oil tankers at the top of a secluded dam, family members Roman (Tyrese Gibson), Han (Sung Kang), Tej (Chris “Ludacris” Bridges) and Ramsey (Nathalie Emmanuel) fly to the rescue, but a missile is fired at them by government agent Aimes (Alan Ritchson), who is revealed to be partners with Dante.

Once the plane crashes out of sight, Dom flies his car down onto the dam, trying to out-race the flames from the trucks crashing into each other. Dom and B land in the water, but when they safely come to the surface, Dante triggers the explosives positioned around the dam, and the action cuts to black as the timer ticks down.

So that’s six main characters whose fates are left up in the air. And yet, the end of Fast X further asks, what is death in this world? The final scene finds Letty (Michelle Rodriguez) and Cipher (Charlize Theron) trekking through a remote area of Antarctica, having escaped an Agency black site prison, when a submarine suddenly emerges from the ice. A figure pops their head out from the sub…and it’s none other than Gisele (Gal Gadot), who (seemingly) died in Fast 6.

And somehow, that wasn’t the most shocking return. Despite continuously insisting that he’d never rejoin Fast due to his beef with Diesel, Dwayne Johnson came home in the mid-credits scene. Hobbs (Johnson) receives a call from Dante, who vows revenge on Hobbs for killing his father in Fast Five. Responding with his signature insult, Hobbs declares, “I ain’t hard to find, you sumbitch.”

What’s Been the Hold-up on Fast 11?

A lot of factors come into play when discussing the delays on Fast 11, but the most crucial one is likely Universal’s insistence that Diesel and the film’s producers cut the film’s price. With box-office revenue down industry-wide, it’s almost impossible to justify spending $350 million on a film, especially if a $1 billion gross is no longer a certainty. The Wall Street Journal has reported that Universal drew a strict budget line for Fast 11 at $200 million, going as far as rejecting a recent draft of the script that looked likely to cost $250 million, already a stark decrease from the last movie.