Fast and Furious 9 villain

Note: Contains spoilers for Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw.

Hobbs & Shaw won’t characteristic Dom and his household, however the extremely entertaining spin-off might properly have big implications for Fast & Furious 9.

The film sees Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) and Shaw (Jason Statham) reluctantly workforce as much as save the world. They must cease cyber-genetically enhanced terrorist Brixton (Idris Elba) from taking a lethal virus, codenamed Snowflake, that may wipe out the weakest of humanity so as to save the human race.

Yep, it is one other Thanos scenario.

However, in contrast to Thanos, Brixton is not doing it for himself. He’s really simply the pawn of a wider organisation, and we have to go into spoilers to point out how they might really be the primary villain of Fast & Furious 9.

Brixton is definitely working for the nefarious organisation Eteon, which is answerable for giving him his cyber upgrades.

They even tried to recruit Shaw too, again when he was companions with Brixton, however Shaw turned them down and needed to shoot Brixton who was despatched to kill him. Eteon introduced Brixton again to life although, main him to cross paths with Shaw once more.

We know that there is a Director in control of Eteon, however all through Hobbs & Shaw, we by no means see their face and we do not hear their true voice because it’s distorted any time they provide their orders.

So who might the mysterious Eteon Director be?

Officially, the Director is voiced by Champ Nightengale, and you would be forgiven for those who’ve by no means heard of him.

That’s really a pseudonym utilized by Ryan Reynolds, who has a cameo within the spin-off as Agent Locke who’s labored with Hobbs earlier than. Reynolds used the identify for a hilarious pretend overview of Aviation Gin (by way of Insider), and in addition for a cameo position in an episode of sitcom My Boys.

We know that the Eteon Director has a previous with Hobbs, although he has no thought who they’re or what that connection may very well be.

So it might properly be Locke is the Director, however then it would not make a lot sense that Locke despatched Hobbs after the virus within the first place, even with the ridiculous logic of the Fast & Furious world.

But if it isn’t Locke, then who might it’s? Obviously, it may very well be somebody we have by no means met earlier than, however that may really feel like a little bit of a pointless tease, so we’ve got a sense it might properly be Cipher (Charlize Theron).

She’s bought a previous with Hobbs (albeit a short one from Fast & Furious 8) and with Shaw as properly, given Cipher was answerable for Shaw’s brother Owen (Luke Evans) going after the Nightshade machine in Fast & Furious 6.

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What’s extra, Cipher is confirmed to be again in Fast & Furious 9, main us to consider that the spin-off may very well be extra carefully linked to the primary sequence than we thought. What if all of the teases in Hobbs & Shaw have been to arrange the primary villain in Fast & Furious 9?

One flaw within the concept is that Dwayne Johnson is not set to be within the ninth film, so highlighting the Director’s connection to Hobbs does not make sense if the Director is revealed to be Cipher within the subsequent film.

It might properly be that Eteon will stay solely a risk for the Hobbs & Shaw a part of the Fast & Furious universe, permitting the duo to go on extra world-saving hijinks with out Dom. And perhaps we’ll see that pan out in a Hobbs & Shaw sequel.

But the potential is there for Eteon to have an even bigger position to play within the Fast & Furious universe and if that is the case, we will consider no higher risk than Cipher.

Fast & Furious 9 is launched in cinemas on May 22, 2020, whereas Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw is out now.