Vin Diesel confirms ‘Fast Forever’ filming to begin in December

The actor says the upcoming Fast & Furious finale took four years and multiple sets of writers to develop, with the final script leaving him in tears.

Vin Diesel has revealed that filming for Fast Forever, the upcoming instalment in the Fast & Furious franchise, is set to begin in December. File Photo: Wikimedia Commons
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3 min read  |  Published: 19 Aug 2026

Los Angeles, US: At the 25th anniversary screening of The Fast and the Furious, Hollywood star Vin Diesel shared a major update on the upcoming instalment of the franchise.In an interview with Variety, he revealed that shooting for 'Fast Forever' will begin in December."We start shooting in December, if I can make good on the request from the studio. I'm in a good place, though. I had to go through four sets of writers, four years of development, to get to something that I felt would be worthy of a finale. And when I read the script a couple of weeks ago, [I cried]," he said.Inside the screening, Diesel addressed the audience before the lights dimmed and shared more details about how the "Fast Forever" script brought him to tears, as per Variety."I'm going to tell you something personal," he said. "It was after four different writers, four years of development, and after I read the script, halfway through, one tear. By the end of the script that we crafted and worked so hard to make right for you after four years, I was crying. I couldn't hold it back, and I had to tell everyone. And my sister said, 'No more crying, bro.' So I just want to say that sometimes, even the toughest guys in the world need to cry.""Fast Forever," the 11th and final mainline film in the series, hits theaters on March 17, 2028. "Fast & Furious" is Universal's longest-running franchise and its most profitable, with a combined worldwide gross of $7.3 billion.

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