Vin Diesel surprised a crowd on Saturday at FuelFest in Southern California, saying that the final film in the Fast & Furious franchise will hit theaters in April 2027.
Diesel, who has starred in all but one installment since 2001’s original, broke more news during his remarks onstage, confirming the film will be set in Los Angeles and that it will reunite Diesel’s Dominic Toretto character with Brian O’Conner, the character played by Paul Walker.
Walker starred with Diesel in the original and appeared in five installments before he was killed in a car crash in November 2013 at age 40.
Diesel previously had taken to his social media channels to urge Universal Pictures to date Fast X 2, the follow-up to 2013’s Fast X which grossed $700 million-plus at the global box office. The sequel has been billed as the final film in the franchise.
He had previously touted that the film should be set in Los Angeles, like in the the original film. Earlier this year, in the aftermath of the devastating L.A. wildfires, he said keeping the production in town was vital.
“Los Angeles needs it now more than ever… Los Angeles is where Fast and Furious started filming 25 years ago… and now Fast will finally return home,” he wrote. “All love…”
There are currently no major films on the April 2027 release-date calendar. Notably, the most successful film in the franchise, 2015’s Furious 7, was the only pic in the franchise to open in that month; it was the biggest opening frame for any F&F film with $147.2 million, on its way to a global gross of more than $1.5 billion.
