{"id":449602,"date":"2026-01-31T13:25:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T13:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/449602\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T13:25:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T13:25:11","slug":"march-2028-debut-with-paul-walker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/449602\/","title":{"rendered":"March 2028 Debut With Paul Walker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-paragraph skip\">The biggest car news and reviews, no BS<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph skip\">Our free daily newsletter sends the stories that really matter directly to you, every weekday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pw-incontent-excluded article-paragraph skip\">Some thought the Fast and Furious franchise would live forever with endless granny shifting and double clutching. Those people would all be wrong.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph skip\">The 11th installment of the franchise will be the end. The last Fast and Furious movie will be called \u201cFast Forever\u201d and debuts on March 17, 2028.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph skip\">Notably, the debut date has been pushed back nearly an entire year. In June, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/news\/paul-walkers-brian-oconner-character-returning-for-final-fast-and-furious\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\">Vin Diesel announced<\/a> Paul Walker\u2019s character known as Brian O\u2019Conner will return for the final installment of the saga. Diesel said, at the time, that the movie would arrive on April 20, 2027. Friday\u2019s announcement did not mention why the movie will arrive a year later than planned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph skip\">Diesel never revealed how Walker\u2019s character will appear in the movie or in what way aside from Brian O\u2019Conner and Dominic Toretto (Diesel\u2019s character) being reunited.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph skip\">Walker played \u2018Conner in the first six Fast and Furious movies before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/article\/6263\/remembering-paul-walker-three-years-after-his-tragic-death\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\">dying in a car crash<\/a> while the seventh installment was in production.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph skip\">The seventh movie was finished <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/article\/1264\/how-furious-7-magically-filmed-paul-walker-after-his-death\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\">using CGI<\/a> and Walker\u2019s brother, Cody Walker, to complete the scenes featuring O\u2019Conner. It\u2019s presumed this, along with the advancements of AI, will be how Walker\u2019s character is brought back to the screen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph skip\">\u201cFast Forever\u201d will see the cast return to the street of Los Angeles where the first film took place. Diesel said the movie will return to its roots and feature street racing. Whether we\u2019ll see Hector, Spoon engines, two bottles of NOS (the big ones), or Race Wars is anybody\u2019s guess.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph skip\">Got a tip? Email us at tips@thedrive.com<\/p>\n<p>As Director of Content and Product, Joel draws on over 15 years of newsroom experience and inability to actually stop working to help ensure The Drive shapes the future of automotive media. 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