Vin Diesel says the script for Fast Forever — the eleventh and final mainline Fast & Furious film — is "the best script I have read in decades." The declaration came in an Instagram caption accompanying a trailer for the theatrical re-release of the original The Fast and the Furious, which returns to cinemas on 21 August 2025 for its 25th anniversary (The Hollywood Reporter).

Universal Pictures has officially set a release date of 17 March 2028 for Fast Forever, confirming the title and date in early July (IGN). The film follows 2023's Fast X, directed by Louis Leterrier, and will close out a saga that has grossed more than $7 billion worldwide (The Hollywood Reporter).

Diesel described the project as "the final chapter of the Fast & Furious saga" in his post, and in a separate Instagram message called the script "pure Blessed" (Instagram). The screenplay was written by Michael Lesslie (The Hollywood Reporter).

Not everyone in the cast has seen it. Ludacris, who has played Tej Parker across the series, told an audience at a Reddit AMA in June that he still had not received a script and was "being honest" about the situation (Variety on TikTok).

The road to Fast Forever has been a long one. A sequel to Fast X was originally expected to open in spring 2025 before being delayed (The Hollywood Reporter). Diesel announced in February 2024 that the next film would serve as the franchise finale.

Diesel has been dropping breadcrumbs about the story's direction. Speaking at FuelFest, an automotive event organised by Paul Walker's brother Cody Walker, he said the finale would return the series to its car-culture and street-racing roots (The Hollywood Reporter). He has also teased a reunion between his character, Dom Toretto, and the late Paul Walker's character, Brian O'Conner.

Paul Walker died in a car crash on 30 November 2013, at age 40. Furious 7 was still in production at the time; his remaining scenes were completed using CGI, archival footage, and his brothers Caleb and Cody Walker as stand-ins (The Hollywood Reporter).

Beyond the finale, the franchise is expanding to television. Peacock, Universal's streaming service, is developing a series based on the Fast & Furious films (The Hollywood Reporter).

For fans, the 25th-anniversary re-release of the film that started it all offers a full-circle moment — the original street-racing story back on the big screen while its ending takes shape for 2028.