Vin Diesel Hires Writer for Final Fast and Furious Film

Vin Diesel, the star and producer of the Fast and Furious franchise, announced on Instagram that screenwriter Michael Lesslie has been hired to refine the script for Fast Forever, the 11th and final installment in the long-running action series. The film, set for release on March 17, 2028, will return the story to Los Angeles, the setting of the original 2001 movie, to conclude the saga that began with Dominic Toretto and his crew of street racers.

Diesel shared a black-and-white photo of himself meeting with Lesslie, emphasizing the significance of the project. "25 years. Eight directors. Countless writers, crew members, performers, each one giving something real to a saga that has outlasted trends, cynics, and time itself," he wrote. "That doesn't happen by accident. It happens because people show up and pour themselves into something bigger than any one individual." He described recapturing the essence of the series during their discussion, noting a "story with something real beating inside it."

Lesslie, known for his work on the 2023 Hunger Games prequel The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes and the upcoming Now You See Me sequel Now You See Me: Now You Don't, is rewriting an...