'Fast Forever' Will Bring Back Paul Walker, Releases March 2028

The final installment in the long-running franchise will land nearly 27 years after the first movie.

It's been a long time since we've had a Fast & Furious movie. Okay, it's actually only been two and a half years, but that's nearly the longest gap between films in the franchise's 25-year history. Now we've got confirmation when the final movie will hit, and what it will be called: drop Fast Forever on the calendar for March 17, 2028.

The news comes straight from Vin 'Family' Diesel himself, offering an update on the franchise over the weekend. Diesel previously announced a release date of April 2027; there's no word on why the film was pushed back nearly a year. Last year the Dominic Toretto actor also confirmed that Brian O'Conner would return to the franchise. The former cop was a main character in six of the first seven franchise films, played by Paul Walker until his untimely death behind the wheel in 2013. Walker's brothers Caleb and Cody were used as stand-ins with a combination of digital effects to recreate the character for remaining shots in 2015's Furious 7.

There's no word on if that will be the same approach for Fast Forever. Advancements in AI no doubt will play a part, which would beg the question: will there be more fingers or more shifts in each drag race?

Diesel has teased that the final movie will feature a return to the series' street racing roots. As the last movie ended on a cliffhanger—no spoilers beyond that!—fans will no doubt wonder how all the narrative threads get tied up in 2028.

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