The Rock-Less ‘Fast And Furious 9’ Is Filming, As Cast Member

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Fast and Furious Presents: Hobbs and Shaw will arrive in theaters on August 2 to (certainly!) shake up the summer season of sequelitis solely evaded to date by John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum and Avengers: Endgame. Meanwhile, the franchise as an entire continues plotting its non-spinoff installments, which is able to run by means of (at the very least?) half ten, though based on Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson whereas chatting with MTV News earlier this yr, he’s positively not concerned in Fast 9. He did go away room for tying up “unfinished business between Hobbs and Dom [Vin Diesel],” though one actually wonders whether or not the Under Armour-accessorized feud between The Rock and Diesel is much more accountable for the break than, , scheduling concerns. (The latter is a stable rationale, I’m simply saying that these two are dramatic, man.)

We might by no means obtain a extra detailed reply to why The Rock’s taking a lil’ breather, however Fast 9 filming has formally begun as of Monday at an absurdly early hour. Nathalie Emmanuel, finest identified as of late for uttering the phrase “dracarys” as Missandei on Game of Thrones proper earlier than Dany fully misplaced her thoughts, tweeted that “the team is back together,” formally.

Who’s formally on the returning group? If one follows the emoji, it positive seems to be like she’s speaking about Vin Diesel (Dom), Michelle Rodriguez (Letty), Tyrese Gibson (Roman), Jordana Brewster (Mia), Ludacris (Tej), and Emmanuel (Ramsey). As beforehand reported, Rodriguez returned to the franchise after producers agreed to rent a feminine author, and John Cena has additionally joined this sequel, formally and presumably to interchange The Rock.

Obviously, we’re not seeing any photographs but to boost Emmanuel’s tweet, however one of many replies is pure hearth.