According to a new listing from Production Weekly, the
upcoming Hobbs-centered spinoff will reportedly be called Fast & Furious
Presents: Hobbs & Reyes. This means that the movie will mainly focus on the
rivalry between Luke Hobbs and Jason Momoa's Dante Reyes, which was teased
during the Fast X post-credits scene. While little is known about the spinoff,
including a release date or if any filmmaker has been attached to helm the
project, the reported title indicates that Reyes will return to the franchise
before Fast 11.
Despite Fast X underperforming at the box office, Universal
is moving ahead with additional entries in the main Fast Saga alongside two
announced spinoffs. The Fast Saga was initially slated to end with two movies,
Fast X and Fast 11, which will release on April 4, 2025. However, Vin Diesel
has heavily hinted that it was instead reworked as a trilogy prior to Hobbs
& Reyes being announced.
Now, it seems that the Fast & Furious franchise has a
hard time saying goodbye by adding another spinoff pitting Johnson and Momoa
together instead of integrating them into the second part of the supposed
trilogy. Beyond Hobbs & Reyes, a planned female-centered spinoff is also in
the works, though it has not been officially announced, only discussed. If Fast
X had made considerable money in theaters, adding more entries to the franchise
would naturally make sense.
However, Fast & Furious has started to experience
diminishing returns with each entry since Hobbs & Shaw. Though F9 was
released during the COVID-19 pandemic and a period of diminished theater
attendance, Fast X has come in behind it at the worldwide box office.
The film was released on VOD a mere three weeks after it
premiered in theaters, signaling that Universal wasn't confident about its performance.
However, with the combined star power of Momoa and Johnson, Hobbs & Reyes
could do much better than Fast X.