Vin Diesel Confirms December Start for “Fast Forever,” the Final Fast & Furious Film

Vin Diesel announced that principal photography for “Fast Forever,” the eleventh and concluding main-line entry in the Fast & Furious franchise, is slated to begin in December, pending studio approval. The comment was made during the 25th-anniversary screening of the original “The Fast and the Furious,” where Diesel also described the emotional impact of reading the finished script.

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Since its debut in 2001, the Fast & Furious series has become Universal Pictures’ longest-running and most profitable franchise, amassing a combined worldwide gross of $7.3 billion across ten prior installments. The planned finale is positioned as the capstone of a decade-long saga that has cultivated a global fan base and generated extensive ancillary revenue.

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• Vin Diesel – Lead actor and central figure of the franchise, who has overseen the project’s development through multiple script revisions.

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• Louis Leterrier – Director attached to “Fast Forever,” who has expressed enthusiasm for the series while noting he has not yet read the final script.

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Diesel explained that the project endured four separate writers and four years of development before reaching a script he deemed worthy of a finale, describing a moment of unexpected emotion while reading it. He emphasized his personal investment in delivering a satisfying conclusion for fans. Leterrier, speaking to Polygon, indicated that he cannot disclose script details but affirmed confidence in the ending and praised his collaboration with Diesel and Universal.

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• “We start shooting in December, if I can make good on the request from the studio,” — Vin Diesel

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• “I’d love to tell you the full truth, but I can’t,” — Louis Leterrier, director

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