For a multi-billion-dollar franchise that has lasted more than 20 years and spans more than 10 films, the “Fast & Furious” film series has largely been written by a relatively small group of people. Chris Morgan, most notably, single-handedly wrote the scripts for the fourth through the eighth films in the franchise. And the last two were co-written by Justin Lin alongside a couple of other guys. In a world where franchise films go through writers like crazy, it’s actually fairly commendable to see consistency like that. Well, that’s all changing, as Universal heads into production on the 11th and final film.
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According to Deadline, Christina Hodson and Oren Uziel have been hired to co-write the script for the upcoming “Fast & Furious” finale, the 11th film in the long-running action franchise. This news comes on the heels of the announcement that Louis Leterrier is set to return as the director of the new film. The untitled film (which will no doubt be a pun of some sort) is expected to continue the story of the upcoming “Fast X” and close out the main “Fast & Furious” franchise, which has been led by Vin Diesel.
Hodson is still a fairly new name in blockbuster screenwriting, but she’s been working on some of the biggest projects around. The writer is probably best known for her features “Bumblebee,” “Birds Of Prey,” and the upcoming “The Flash.” Uziel is probably best known as the writer-director of the Netflix film, “Shimmer Lake.” Interestingly, he is also the writer of the script for “God Particle,” which was refashioned into “The Cloverfield Paradox.” Needless to say, these are people who have no problem writing big action and spectacle.
It’s no surprise that new writers were brought in for the upcoming ‘Fast’ finale. Justin Lin famously left the production of “Fast X” after only a matter of days and was replaced by Leterrier as director. Leterrier has already gone on record to say that he basically rewrote the entire “Fast X” script in a span of four days. Obviously, Universal would like to have a bit more forethought the next time around, so hiring new screenwriters seems like the only way to move forward.
“Fast X” is set to arrive in theaters on May 19. A release date for the untitled 11th ‘Fast’ film has yet to be announced.