There’s been practically no new news about Fast & Furious 11 for a while, which means the movie will likely miss its perfect release window. After the cliffhanger ending of Fast X, fans were excited for the next entry in the long-running franchise. Fans have a lot of questions after the ending of the tenth movie, which hit theaters in 2023. For example, people desperately want to know whether Roman, Tej, Ramsey, and Han survived the plane crash at the end of Fast X. Over two years later, we still haven’t gotten any answers about the future of the story.
In addition to wanting some answers about Fast X’s shocking ending, anticipation is also high for the upcoming Fast & Furious 11 since it will seemingly be the franchise’s last movie. As the final movie, Fast 11 seems set to bring back characters like Luke Hobbs and Gisele Yashar for one last ride with Dom and his crew. However, since we have gotten barely any updates about the film, I’m very worried about Fast & Furious 11. Because of the lack of updates, it seems like a guarantee that Fast & Furious 11 will miss its perfect release date.
Fast & Furious 11 Was Originally Scheduled For 2025
Director Louis Leterrier Later Indicated It Had Been Delayed To 2026
At CinemaCon 2023, even before the release of Fast X, Vin Diesel announced that the eleventh film in the series would be released in theaters in 2025. The original release date for Fast & Furious 11 was actually April 4, 2025, which means that the film would have come out already if production didn’t experience any delays. Slating the eleventh film for a release date about two years after Fast X led fans to believe that there was a solid plan in place for the final entry in the franchise.
However, unfortunately, Fast & Furious 11 quickly had to be delayed due to the 2023 Hollywood strikes. This is understandable, since practically every major Hollywood production experienced delays because of the strikes. Since filming didn’t begin in 2023, director Louis Leterrier revealed in a May 2024 interview with Fast & Furious 11 would be released in summer 2026. In the interview, Leterrier also claimed that filming would begin on the next Fast & Furious movie in the fall of 2024. Read his comments below:
It’s happening. It’s happening very, very soon. I’m able to shoot a little horror movie this summer. I’m finishing my horror movie on September 15th, and I start Fast on September 16th.
Obviously, Leterrier’s claim that Fast & Furious 11 would begin filming in the fall of 2024 didn’t come true. As of now, there has still been no official word on when the movie will start filming, which is very surprising for a blockbuster of this size. Furthermore, in April 2025, Diesel took to Instagram to beg Universal to announce Fast & Furious 11′s new release date. This suggests that production may begin soon, but also makes it seem like Diesel and the studio are not on the same page, which is not good for Fast & Furious 11.