File:Fast-furious-92020-forsazh-9-fast-and-furious-9.jpg

Summary
Fast & Furious (also known as The Fast and the Furious) is a media franchise centered on a series of action films that are largely concerned with illegal street racing, heists, spies and family. The franchise also includes short films, a television series, live shows, video games, and theme park attractions. It is distributed by Universal Pictures.

The first film was released in 2001, which began the original tetralogy of films focused on illegal street racing, and culminated in the film Fast & Furious (2009). The series transitioned towards heists and spying with Fast Five (2011), and was followed by four sequels, with the most recent, F9, released in 2021. A tenth and eleventh film are planned, and the main films are collectively known as The Fast Saga.

Universal expanded the series to include the spin-off film Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019), while its subsidiary DreamWorks Animation followed this with the animated streaming television series Fast & Furious Spy Racers. Soundtrack albums have been released for all the films, as well as compilation albums containing existing music heard in the films. Two short films that tie into the series have also been released.

The series has been commercially successful; Universal's biggest franchise, it is the seventh highest-grossing film series, with a combined gross of over $6 billion.Critical reception for the first four films were mixed to negative until the fifth and later films, which were more mixed to positively received. Outside of the films, Fast & Furious has been the focus of other media, including attractions at Universal Studios Hollywood, live shows, commercials, many video games and toys. It is considered the vehicle that propelled lead actors Vin Diesel and Paul Walker to stardom. Contents 1	Films 1.1	The Fast Saga 1.1.1	The Fast and the Furious (2001) 1.1.2	2 Fast 2 Furious (2003) 1.1.3	The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) 1.1.4	Fast & Furious (2009) 1.1.5	Fast Five (2011) 1.1.6	Fast & Furious 6 (2013) 1.1.7	Furious 7 (2015) 1.1.8	The Fate of the Furious (2017) 1.1.9	F9 (2021) 1.1.10	Part one of untitled tenth film 1.1.11	Part two of untitled tenth film 1.2	Spin-off films 1.2.1	Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019) 1.2.2	Untitled women-led film 1.2.3	Untitled Hobbs & Shaw sequel 2	Short films 2.1	The Turbo Charged Prelude for 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003) 2.2	Los Bandoleros (2009) 3	Television 3.1	Fast & Furious Spy Racers (2019–present) 4	Cast and crew 4.1	Principal cast 4.2	Additional crew and production details 5	Production 5.1	Development 5.1.1	The Fast Saga 5.1.2	Spin-off films 5.1.3	Better Luck Tomorrow 5.2	Television series 6	Reception 6.1	Box office performance 6.2	Critical and public response 7	Music 7.1	Soundtracks 7.2	Singles 8	Other media Films Film	U.S. release date	Director(s)	Screenwriter(s)	Producer(s) The Fast Saga[3][4] The Fast and the Furious	June 22, 2001	Rob Cohen	Gary Scott Thompson, Erik Bergquist and David Ayer	Neal H. Moritz 2 Fast 2 Furious	June 6, 2003	John Singleton	Gary Scott Thompson, Michael Brandt and Derek Haas The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift	June 16, 2006	Justin Lin	Chris Morgan Fast & Furious	April 3, 2009	Neal H. Moritz, Vin Diesel and Michael Fottrell Fast Five	April 29, 2011 Fast & Furious 6	May 24, 2013	Neal H. Moritz, Vin Diesel and Clayton Townsend Furious 7	April 3, 2015	James Wan	Neal H. Moritz, Vin Diesel and Michael Fottrell The Fate of the Furious	April 14, 2017	F. Gary Gray	Neal H. Moritz, Vin Diesel, Michael Fottrell and Chris Morgan F9	June 25, 2021	Justin Lin	Justin Lin, Alfredo Botello and Daniel Casey	Neal H. Moritz, Vin Diesel, Jeff Kirschenbaum, Joe Roth, Justin Lin, Clayton Townsend and Samantha Vincent Part one of untitled tenth film[5]	February 2023[6]	TBA Part two of untitled tenth film[5]	February 2024[6]	TBA	TBA Spin-off films[7][8][9] Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw	August 2, 2019	David Leitch	Chris Morgan and Drew Pearce	Chris Morgan, Hiram Garcia, Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham Untitled women-led film	TBA	TBA	Nicole Perlman, Lindsey Beer and Geneva Robertson-Dworet	Vin Diesel, Michael Fottrell and Chris Morgan Untitled Hobbs & Shaw sequel	TBA	TBA	Chris Morgan	Hiram Garcia and Dwayne Johnson

The Fast Saga The Fast and the Furious (2001) Main article: The Fast and the Furious (2001 film) Brian O'Conner (Paul Walker), an undercover cop, is tasked with discovering the identities of a group of unknown automobile hijackers led by Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel).

2 Fast 2 Furious (2003) Main article: 2 Fast 2 Furious Brian O'Conner and Roman Pearce (Tyrese Gibson) team up to go undercover for the U.S. Customs Service to bring down drug lord Carter Verone (Cole Hauser) in exchange for the erasure of their criminal records.

This is the only film in the main series without Vin Diesel as Dominic Toretto.

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) Main article: The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift High school car enthusiast Sean Boswell (Lucas Black) is sent to live in Tokyo with his father, and finds solace in the city's drifting community.

Vin Diesel makes a cameo appearance as Dominic Toretto at the end of the film.

Fast & Furious (2009) Main article: Fast & Furious (2009 film) Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent Brian O'Conner and Dominic Toretto are forced to work together to avenge the murder of Toretto's lover Letty Ortiz (Michelle Rodriguez) and apprehend drug lord Arturo Braga (John Ortiz).

The film is set five years after the events of The Fast and the Furious, and before Tokyo Drift, with Sung Kang reprising his role as Han Lue from the latter film.

Fast Five (2011) Main article: Fast Five Dominic Toretto, Brian O'Conner, and Mia Toretto (Jordana Brewster) plan a heist to steal $100 million from corrupt businessman Hernan Reyes (Joaquim de Almeida) while being pursued for arrest by U.S. Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) agent Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson).

The film is set after the events of Fast & Furious and before Tokyo Drift. Despite not appearing in the film, a picture of Michelle Rodriguez as Letty Ortiz is seen in the mid-credits scene, where Eva Mendes reprises her role as Monica Fuentes from 2 Fast 2 Furious.

Fast & Furious 6 (2013) Main article: Fast & Furious 6 Dominic Toretto, Brian O'Conner and their team are offered amnesty for their crimes by Luke Hobbs, in exchange for helping him take down a skilled mercenary organization led by Owen Shaw (Luke Evans), one member of which is Toretto's former lover Letty Ortiz.

Fast & Furious 6 is the last film to be set before the events of Tokyo Drift. Jason Statham appears as Owen's older brother Deckard Shaw in the mid-credits scene, killing Han, as seen in Tokyo Drift.

Furious 7 (2015) Main article: Furious 7 Deckard Shaw, a rogue special forces assassin seeking to avenge his comatose younger brother Owen, puts Dominic Toretto and the team in danger once again.

The film is set after the events of Fast & Furious 6 and continues from the ending of Tokyo Drift, with Lucas Black reprising his role as Sean Boswell.

The Fate of the Furious (2017) Main article: The Fate of the Furious Cyberterrorist Cipher (Charlize Theron) coerces Dominic Toretto into working for her and turns him against his team, forcing them to take down Cipher and reunite with him.

This is the first film since Tokyo Drift to not feature Paul Walker as Brian O'Conner and Jordana Brewster as Mia Toretto.

F9 (2021) Main article: F9 (film) Dominic Toretto and his family must stop a world-shattering plot headed by Cipher and Dominic's estranged younger brother Jakob (John Cena).

This is the first film since Fast & Furious to not feature Dwayne Johnson as Luke Hobbs, while Jason Statham appears as Deckard Shaw in the mid-credits scene. Jordana Brewster reprises her role as Mia Toretto after not appearing in The Fate of the Furious, while Sung Kang returns as Han Lue, who is revealed to be alive, and Lucas Black returns as Sean Boswell. Shad Moss and Jason Tobin reprise their roles as Twinkie and Earl Hu from Tokyo Drift.

Part one of untitled tenth film A tenth film is planned, with Lin set to return to direct and Chris Morgan to write. It was scheduled to be released on April 2, 2021 before F9 took its release date, thus causing the film to be postponed to a later date and due to continuous delays with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Part two of untitled tenth film A direct sequel and second part to the tenth film is planned.[5]

Spin-off films Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019) Main article: Hobbs & Shaw Luke Hobbs and Deckard Shaw team up with Shaw's sister Hattie (Vanessa Kirby) to battle cybernetically-enhanced terrorist Brixton Lore (Idris Elba) threatening the world with a deadly virus.

The film is set after the events of The Fate of the Furious. Helen Mirren reprises her role as Deckard and Hattie's mother Magdalene from the main series.

Untitled women-led film An untitled women-led spin-off film is in development, with Nicole Perlman, Lindsey Beer and Geneva Robertson-Dworet serving as writers. Charlize Theron is set to reprise her role as Cipher and star in a spin-off film, though it is unclear whether it was for a separate film or the women-led film.[10]

Untitled Hobbs & Shaw sequel In November 2019, producer Hiram Garcia confirmed that all creatives involved have intentions in developing a sequel, with conversations regarding the project ongoing. Garcia confirmed unresolved plot-points would be expanded upon in the next film.[11] By March 2020, Johnson confirmed that a sequel was in active development, though a screenwriter and director had not yet been hired.[12] Later that month, he announced that Chris Morgan was hired as screenwriter, with a plot that includes various new characters written to be introduced in the sequel. The production is under development with Seven Bucks Productions co-producing the film with Johnson and Hiram Garcia returning in their positions as producers.