Dwayne Johnson Reportedly Being Eyed for 'Fast and the Furious' Spinoff
Dwayne Johnson may have just joined the Fast and the Furious squad a few years ago, but he might have a lot more of the franchise in his future.
The 44-year-old actor is
being eyed for a spinoff film alongside Jason Statham and Charlize
Theron, Variety reports.
According to the outlet, the
idea for a spinoff featuring Johnson has been thrown around since his
character, Hobbs, entered the franchise in 2011's Fast Five, though plans are still in preliminary stages and a script has yet to be written.
The film would reportedly
revolve around Hobbs and Statham's Deckard Shaw going after the newest
villain to the franchise, Theron's Cipher, and be written by series
architect, Chris Morgan.
The Rock made headlines last summer after posting a heated Instagram rant, in which he called his unnamed male Fate of the Furious co-stars "candy a**es." Rumors of a feud
between Johnson and the series' star, Vin Disel, quickly erupted,
though the two put the supposed beef behind them at the film's premiere
earlier this month.
"Just like in life, you have
different philosophies and people have different fundamental
philosophies on how you do things," Johnson told ET on
the red carpet. "And again, the most important thing is just the movie.
So I'm happy that we're here in New York City, I'm happy the fans love
it." "We still love each other, that's my boy," Diesel added. "When I was
making that difficult decision, should there be an 8 or not, I called
[Johnson] and he said, 'Brother, I will be there shoulder to shoulder
with you to make sure it's the best movie in history.' And he
delivered."
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