Hobbs & Shaw will arrive in cinematic spinoff splendor this summer to continue the adventures of two of the Fast & Furious franchise’s biggest stars.
With 2017’s The Fate of the Furious helping the Fast & Furious franchise to, once again, leave its box office competition in the dust with another $1 billion-plus global performance, its direct spinoff, Hobbs & Shaw, will reunite that film’s reluctant onscreen duo of Dwayne Johnson’s U.S. Secret Service agent, Luke Hobbs, and Jason Statham’s formerly misguided vengeance-seeking mercenary-turned-good-ish guy, Deckard Shaw.
The film is directed by David Leitch (Deadpool 2).
Here’s everything else we know about the movie:
Hobbs & Shaw Trailer
The final trailer for Hobbs & Shaw has arrived and it is so good. Check it out…
Here’s the previous trailer…
And here’s the first Hobbs & Shaw trailer:
Hobbs & Shaw Release Date
Hobbs & Shaw is set to arrive on July 26, 2019. It will make A LOT of money – just because.
The character profile reveals:
I learned a long time ago (when I was a very sinful eyebrow raising villainous man in the crazy world of pro wrestling;) that heroes are only as great as their greatest villains. A pleasure to introduce the man himself @idriselba we brought in to our Fast & Furious franchise to wreak havoc, hell and mayhem on our heroes HOBBS & SHAW. The name: BRIXTON. The record: UNDEFEATED. The promise: SHOWDOWN OF ALL SHOWDOWNS. So cool having my brother @idriselba come and play in our sandbox. This one’s been years in the making!! As I always say, we either gonna get along or we gonna get it on… and fuck getting along 😈 #BRIXTON #TheConsequenceAgent #HellRaiser HOBBS & SHAW SUMMER 2019 📸 @hhgarcia41
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Hobbs & Shaw Cast
Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham star in this Fast & Furious spin-off.
Eiza Gonzalez (Baby Driver) joined the Hobbs & Shaw main cast in November. While no details were revealed about her role, Variety reports that the mystery character was a last-minute addition at the behest of executives who favored Gonzalez.
Vanessa Kirby (Mission: Impossible – Fallout) co-stars in the film as Hattie Shaw, sister of Jason Statham’s titular Deckard Shaw. Kirby’s casting received the now-traditional Dwayne Johnson Instagram announcement, accompanied with an official character description.
As Johnson’s post reveals:
Building out our Fast & Furious franchise step by step. In our spin-off, HOBBS & SHAW, I have a nice new friend. Meet “Hattie Shaw” played by my homegirl, @vanessa__kirby. Hattie loves the following/ Longs walks on the beach. Being a bad ass MI6 Operative. Drinking tequila with Hobbs. And not in that order. Hattie also happens to be the sister of Deckard Shaw, who’s played by @jasonstatham. It tortures him that his sister Hattie is kickin’ it with Hobbs. His pain 😈 makes me very happy. But what makes me happier is welcoming this crazy talented actress and cool chick to our movie. Havin’ a blast together. Building out the franchise step by step. #HattieShaw #MI6BadAss #TequilaDrinkerWithHobbs HOBBS & SHAW 🥃
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Eddie Marsan (Deadpool 2) and Stephanie Vogt (Strike Back) have also been cast in unspecified roles.
Hobbs & Shaw Villain
Idris Elba signed on to smell what The Rock and The Transporter are cooking back in July when he joined Hobbs & Shaw to play the film’s villain. We later learned that the film’s titular duo will be tasked with dodging the guns of Brixton, Elba’s antagonistic character in the film. Moreover, the first image of Elba’s Brixton has been revealed on Dwayne Johnson’s Instagram.
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