Highlights
- Vin Diesel calls Fast Forever script the best he’s read in decades on IG.
- Diesel wrote “I am still crying” while promoting the original film’s rerelease.
- The Fast Furious finale, penned by Michael Lesslie, hits theaters March 17, 2028.
Vin Diesel just read the script for the eleventh and final Fast & Furious movie, and he’s a mess about it.
The actor took to Instagram this weekend to gush over the Fast Forever screenplay, penned by Michael Lesslie, and he held nothing back.
“It is the best script I have read in decades,” Diesel wrote, adding, “I am still crying.”
Diesel shared the emotional post alongside a trailer for the original “The Fast and the Furious,” which is speeding back into theaters on August 21 for its 25th anniversary.
He used the re-release as a teaser for what’s coming, telling fans, “You have no idea.” He went on to hint that catching the 2001 original on the big screen this summer will hit differently once “Fast Forever” arrives.
The franchise finale is set to open March 17, 2028, closing out a saga that’s grossed more than $7 billion worldwide since Diesel first slid behind the wheel as Dominic Toretto.
Lesslie, who’s also behind The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes and Macbeth, stepped in to rewrite an earlier draft from Aaron Rabin and Zach Dean, with Variety reporting he was brought on in March.
Diesel has been teasing for months that this last ride would bring the franchise back to its roots, ditching the space missions and submarines in favor of Los Angeles street racing again.
He’s also dangled the possibility of a reunion with Brian O’Conner, the character played by the late Paul Walker, who died in a car crash in 2013 while Furious 7 was still filming.
Not everyone is convinced the hype is warranted. Fans in the comments were quick to poke fun, with one writing, “I find this hard to believe. Not that the script is good. That Vin Diesel can read.”
Diesel, for his part, has insisted the team is putting in the work to stick the landing. He said last month the crew has spent “the past three and a half years” grinding to build “the most amazing finale” for the Fast & Furious script.
Whether the tears translate to box office magic remains to be seen, but the countdown to 2028 is officially on.
