Vin Diesel posts updates on "Fast and Furious 9" and female spinoff

Writer: Florey DM

"Fast and Furious" star Vin Diesel and producer Samantha Vincent (a.k.a. his sister) announced the latest update on the female spinoff movie.

25 Jan – Vin Diesel's Instagram is all about his "Fast and Furious" movies these days. His latest back-to-back posts on the action franchise should get fans' engines revving.

The first update, posted just yesterday, was about the female spinoff of the franchise.

His newest post is a video of him and "Fast and Furious" co-star Michelle Rodriguez sending their message of support for the anti-socialist protests currently happening in Venezuela.

However, the post is captioned "Crew heads out to London next month for the next chapter...", with the hashtag #FAST9.

So simultaneously, the actor was revealing that the ninth instalment of the franchise will begin filming in London next month.

Rodriguez's presence in the video indicates that the actress would be returning, even though she previously threatened to leave the franchise if the female cast continued to receive minimal roles in the movies.

It is unknown whether Rodriguez will lead the abovementioned female spinoff or new actresses will be cast for it.

To be directed by Justin Lin, most of the original cast is expected to reprise their roles for "Fast and Furious 9". Though Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham's status are not confirmed since both are busy filming the spinoff "Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw", which, as the title says, stars both their characters.

Since Tyrese Gibson is listed as one of the returning actors, Vin Diesel might also not have him sharing a set with Johnson so soon. The rapper has been very vocal about his dissatisfaction with the Johnson-led spinoff, to the point that he even threatened to leave if Johnson returned for the ninth movie.

"Fast and Furious 9" is racing onto the North American big screen on 10 April 2020 while "Hobbs & Shaw" opens this year on 2 August.