As expected, last month’sFurious 7was a colossal hit at the box office, becoming the fastest movie to ever to reach $1 billion worldwide, doing so in just 17 days, with its global take now at just over $1.5 billion. It currently stands as the fourth-highest grossing movie of all time globally, just behind the $1.518 billion haul of 2012’sMarvel’s The Avengers. With all that behind said, it’s no surprise thatFast & Furious 8is currently moving forward, with Universal Pictures already setting an August 26, 2025 release date for the sequel. Earlier this week,Fast & Furiousfranchise starVin Dieselcelebrated #TorettoTuesday by releasing a teaser poster forFast & Furious 8on his officialInstagrampage.
The poster reveals an early logo set against the backdrop of a New York City skyline, which backs up the actor’s own revelation in March that the sequel will be set in the Big Apple. The actor also said in March thatFurious 7starts a brand new trilogy, and teased thatFast & Furious 8will also give fans more insight intoKurt Russell’s Mr. Nobody, who was introduced inFurious 7.Vin Dieselwill certainly be back as Dominic Toretto, withDwayne Johnsonalso recently confirming that his Hobbs character is returning. There have also been rumors that the sequel may bring back2 Fast 2 FuriousstarEva Mendesas U.S. Customs agent Monica Fuentes, but that has yet to be confirmed.
There currently isn’t a director or screenwriter attached forFast & Furious 8, and it seems unlikely thatFurious 7directorJames Wanwill be back, since he is prepping to shootThe Conjuring 2this fall for a summer 2016 release, and he is also attached to directRobotech.Chris Morganwrote the screenplays for the last fiveFast & Furiousmovies, but it is unknown if he’ll be available to write this follow-up since he is shepherding Universal’s monster movie universe withAlex Kurtzman. While we wait for more answers about who will be in front of and behind the cameras forFast & Furious 8, check out the early poster below.
