After stepping in for Justin Lin as the director for Universal‘s forthcoming Fast X, the penultimate installment in the long-running Fast & Furious action franchise which has grossed over $6B worldwide, Louis Leterrier will return to helm its final installment, Deadline can confirm.
Not much is known about the 11th main installment in the series, though it’s described as a companion piece to Fast X, which arrives in theaters on May 19th.
The franchise launched with 2001’s The Fast and the Furious is known for pitting street racers and spies against assorted criminal elements.
The tenth film will pick up with globe-trotting street racer Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and his crew, as they look to fend off the pair of big bads that are out for them — the cyberterrorist Cipher (Charlize Theron) and her mysterious cohort, Dante (Jason Momoa) — with the help of new friend, Tess (Brie Larson).
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