F9: The Fast Saga
Dwayne Johnson has made exonerated he wo n’t be returning forFast & Furious 10 , and his absence seizure could heighten the dealership ’s growing fatuousness . Johnson first appear as Luke Hobbsin 2011’sFast Five , becoming one of the franchise ’s center characters as it develop into a mainstream giant . Hobbs would even appear in his own spin - off with Jason Statham ’s Deckard Shaw in 2019’sFast & Furious Presents : Hobbs & Shaw , but his time in the mainline serial publication has come to an end .
Johnson ’s going stem from a rupture between himself and Vin Diesel , though full item on their fall out are n’t known . Diesel made headline in 2021 with an Instagram post in which he publicly asked Johnson to return for the planned two - part finale of the series , Fast 10andFast 11 . However , Johnson has definitively shut the room access on any possible getting even , stating there’s"no chance"he’ll make a returnin an audience with CNN .
With Hobbs ' absence fromFast 10andFast 11set in stone , the finale is sure to feel observably different from how it was originally contrive to conclude . The truth is , since coming aboard , The Rock ’s Hobbs had an unseen but important stabilize issue on theFast Sagaprogressively one - up each celluloid in the serial publication . Here ’s how Dwayne Johnson not retort for the Fast Saga ’s coda could actually lead to it being more over - the - top than ever .
Why Fast 10 & 11 Might Become More Ridiculous
While eachFast & Furiousmovie in the franchise ’s post - immobile Fivetransformation has been more outrageous than the last , the extent of that has n’t necessarily been adequate for every character involved . As the face of the serial , Dom has been the man to pull off some of the most ridiculous feat in each pic , which usually involves his automotive skills and is frequently moreakin to something out of a superhero moving picture . Johnson ’s Hobbs , on the other hand , has been a different story , which a much greater emphasis on the lawman as a more strong-arm warrior in his function in the series .
Of naturally , Hobbs has hardly been without his own moments of insane superhuman acts , such as his renowned helicopter scene inHobbs & Shaw . However , Johnson ’s role as Hobbs has made at least a borderline effort to ground Hobbs ' force in something resemble quasi - plausible human capability and physics . To the extent that theFast & Furiousmovies have had any foundation in realism sinceFast Five , Hobbs has chiefly been the one to keep it that way even ashis own strength borders on superhuman . His absence from the franchise now leaves nothing to balance out Dom rive out completely new superpowers at his leisure time . Meanwhile , that does n’t mean that Hobbs is out of the picture altogether .
Hobbs Still Has A Future In The Franchise (With Shaw)
While Johnson may not be rejoin for the two - part finale to theFast Saga , he ’s still a part of the enfranchisement by way of the forthcomingHobbs & Shaw 2 . Being part of theFast & Furiousseries , Hobbs and Shawdidn’t recuse itself from share in feat like Hobbs jumping out of a skyscraper to enchant an opposition . withal , the spin - off is a lot stuffy in tone toFast FivethanF9with how much it indulges in the franchise ’s current bosom of constantly going over the top .
guide byJohn Wickco - director David Leitch , Hobbs & Shawwas the most focused of the series on fight scenes and involved genuinely practical stunt work . Even its cybernetic baddie Brixton Lore(Idris Elba ) and the Eteon terrorist grouping , while vindicated sci - fi component , did n’t go so over the seam as to be laughable . compare toThe Fate of the FuriousandF9,Hobbs & Shawis the most ( relatively ) ground of the contemporaryFast & Furiousmovies . With Hobbs splintering off from the primary series with Jason Statham ’s Deckard Shaw , theHobbs & Shawcorner of theFast & Furiousfranchise may end up highlighting how much the primary series no longer care about any passing relationship with logic , and it could also bring something else to light , too .
The Fast Saga’s Finale Might Feel Very Different Now
Depending on the timing ofwhenHobbs & Shaw 2arrivesand how long Johnson and Statham ’s spin - off squad - ups last , theFast Saga ’s close might be a mint unlike from what was earlier contrive . Diesel ’s words in his attempt to wheedle Johnson back toFast 10&11suggests he may have seen Hobbs as a significant and possibly essential player in the franchise ’s two - part decision . Johnson standing his land on his departure plainly mean whatever role Hobbs was to have will now have to be written around or possibly throw to another character reference , but the implications go further than this .
It also would think a now re - centered emphasis on Dom ’s superpowered automotive action heroic verse without Hobbs around . AfterF9 , there ’s nothing to say thatFast & Furiouscan’t now plough into a literal , rather than covert , superhero serial . AfterF9,Fast 10&Fast 11can simply throw caution to the wind and overtly revealDominic Toretto and his crewas the superhumans that Roman ( Tyrese Gibson ) suspect they were , and with the moderation that Hobbs provided now abstracted , there ’s even less to say the finale ofFast Sagacan’t go out that agency .
The Rock ’s absence from the finale of theFast & Furiousfranchise has probably been disappointing news for many fans of Hobbs ' role as an ally to Dom ’s work party . However , what Johnson has had to say regarding the nature of his departure also hint that it ’s for the best for all party regard . Furthermore , with Hobbs now having a domicile all his own theHobbs & Shawside of the dealership and the modulation theFast & Furiousseries has undergone , Hobbs himself no longer workslike he once did in the series , which give more context to Hobbs ' going away . While the closing curtain of theFast & Furiousfranchise will have to wrap up without Johnson as Hobbs , the most unexpected side effect of all might be that the serial could conclude with what little persist concern it has for purgative , logic , and realism altogether , instead of mostly , jettisoned .
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