Rock/Statham Fast Spin Off Is A Go

It looked for a while that Vin Diesel may have crapped on something genuinely coming out of the Fast series, when he supposedly nixed that post-credits scene.  But hey, looks like Universal has the last say. It’s happening, according to Deadline.

EXCLUSIVE: Universal is huddling on a spinoff that will focus on the characters originated by Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham and most recently seen in The Fate Of The Furious, sources said.

The franchise architects have said they might broaden the universe with spinoffs, and source said this is the one they are pursuing. This is in early stages, but they’ve met on the concept, which sources said will be scripted by Chris Morgan, the chief writer of the series that is hitting new heights with the eighth installment. The idea is for Johnson’s US Diplomatic Security Agent Luke Hobbs to form an unlikely alliance with Statham’s Decker Shaw, for a movie that could conceivably be made while they are figuring the next Fast film

I think most people agreed in the comments section for the review of the recent movie that the best things about it were Rock and Statham, especially when they shared scenes.

Now, if they tone the stupidity down in this new movie, and maybe even make it an ‘R’ vehicle, we could be onto something.  It’s likely to have a trimmed down cast so that’s probably already a positive.