Vin Diesel Promises Fast X: Part 2 Will Return to Street Racing Car Culture and Reunite Dom and Paul Walker's Character, Brian O'Conner, in Franchise Finale

Vin Diesel has confirmed a merchandise model for Fast X: Part 2, and the instrumentality of Paul Walker's character, Brian O'Conner.

The enactment movie prima turned up astatine FuelFest successful Los Angeles to corroborate the April 2027 motorboat for Fast X: Part 2, offering a fewer words successful the process. Vin Diesel said he’s bringing the franchise backmost to LA, the movie volition instrumentality to thoroughfare racing car culture, and he’s reuniting Dom (Vin Diesel’s character) and Brian O'Conner (Paul Walker's character).

Vin Diesel and Paul Walker successful 2001's The Fast And The Furious. Photo by Universal/Getty Images.

Vin Diesel’s comments tally with those helium made successful 2023, erstwhile helium teased a goodbye for the precocious Paul Walker's character, Brian O'Conner. Paul Walker, who died successful 2013 aged 40, was champion known for his relation arsenic Brian O'Conner successful the Fast & Furious franchise, having starred successful 2001’s The Fast and the Furious and, astir recently, successful 2023’s Fast X via archive footage.

The question present is, however volition Dom and Brian reunite for Fast X: Part 2? Walker had already changeable scenes for Furious 7 erstwhile helium died successful a car accident, and galore fans person said they judge the franchise has already fixed the precocious histrion an due nonstop off.

Vin Diesel's comments astir returning to thoroughfare racing and car civilization for this franchise finale are of people a effect to conscionable however outlandish the bid has become. Early movies were grounded successful amerciable thoroughfare racing, but caller entries are much all-out enactment movies, thing much similar G.I. Joe than racing cars.

There’s besides the question of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson’s imaginable engagement successful the film. In January, Vin Diesel walked backmost a excavation helium made astatine Johnson portion presenting an grant astatine the 2025 Golden Globes. Diesel posted an older photograph of him and Johnson connected Instagram alongside the caption "All love... Always," aft Diesel poked amusive astatine the infamous feud betwixt the brace by saying, "Hey, Dwayne," during his grant presumption and enjoying the audience's laughter.

Despite starring alongside each different successful Fast 5, Furious 6, and Fast and Furious 7, with Diesel playing Dominic Toretto and Johnson playing Luke Hobbs, a spat arose betwixt the 2 and was made nationalist erstwhile Johnson called Diesel a "chicken s**t" and "candy-ass" co-star.

Diesel told Men's Health this was due to the fact that of the "tough love" helium gave Johnson, "to assistance successful getting that show wherever it needed to be."

Johnson posted connected X/Twitter successful 2023 that helium and Diesel "put each the past down us," and volition "lead with brotherhood and resolve." They "always instrumentality attraction of the franchise, characters, and fans that we love," helium said.

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