From B-movie beginnings, the Fast & Furious films have evolved into one of cinema’s highest-grossing franchises at the box office. Once a story about street racing, now a saga surrounding heist missions and gloriously ridiculous spectacles, the last nine films have pioneered some of cinema’s biggest action set-pieces to date.
Fast & Furious 10 is set to conclude the saga, closing out Dominic Toretto and his Furious family’s affairs. The final installment will be directed by Justin Lin, who previously helmed F9, Fast & Furious 6, and Tokyo Drift. F10 will be split between two chapters, ‘Part One’ and ‘Part Two’, and will shoot back-to-back, each releasing in 2023 and 2024 respectively. With Jason Momoa joining F10 as an antagonist, fans can expect to see most of the principal cast return.
7 Vin Diesel Will Reprise His Role As Dominic Toretto
To no one’s surprise, Vin Diesel will be returning as the patriarch of the Furious family—Dominic Toretto. First appearing in The Fast and the Furious (2001), he owned an automotive garage and worked as a mechanic.
Choosing to live his life “one-quarter mile at a time,” Dom exhibits strong family values and moral codes. His latest appearance in Fast & Furious 9 found him and Letty raising their son, Brian, on a farm—officially retired. When Dom receives word that his estranged younger brother, Jakob Toretto, is working with the cyber-terrorist known as Cipher, Dom regathers his team to stop their genocidal mission.
6 John Cena Will Be Back As Jakob Toretto
The middle child of the Toretto’s (between Mia and Dominic), Jakob was exiled from his family when it was revealed he was responsible for his father’s death.
First introduced in F9, Jakob grew up in Dom’s shadow. Seeking revenge for their family’s fallout, he turned to a life of crime after betraying Mr. Nobody to go rogue and work with Cypher to steal Project Aries. The last audiences saw of Jakob, he and Dom had reconciled after he shared the truth about his father’s death. Dom accepted Jakob back into the Toretto family and handed him a set of keys to his Dodge Charger.
5 Michelle Rodriguez’s Letty Ortiz Will Return
Leticia “Letty” Ortiz first appeared in The Fast and the Furious alongside Dominic Toretto. She’s since appeared in seven out of the nine Furious films, including a cameo in Fast 5.
Letty grew up in the same neighborhood as Dom, taking an interest in cars during her early teenage years. She later became romantically interested in Dom when she was sixteen years old. Letty’s last appearance was in F9, which saw her return to heists after isolating with Dom and their son, Brian, on a farmhouse in London.
4 Mia Toretto Is Back—Out Of Retirement
First introduced to audiences back in 2001, Mia Toretto has appeared in seven Fast films, including a photo cameo in Fast & Furious 8.
Jordana Brewster didn’t appear in The Fast of the Furious due to Paul Walker’s untimely death, which meant the legacy of his character, Brian O’Connor, would also affect Mia. Subsequently, their characters were ‘retired’ until Fast & Furious 9, when Mia came out of retirement to aid Dom in his attempts to stop Jakob Toretto. The last time audiences saw Mia, she was seated at the table of a Furious family barbecue, waiting on Brian, who eventually pulls up in the driveway.
3 Tej, Roman & Ramsey Are Still In The Family
Tej Parker first appeared in 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003), alongside Roman Pearce, as friends of Brian O’Connor. Both characters have since starred in six out of the nine Fast & Furious films—with Ramsey entering the franchise in Furious 7, who has since appeared in The Fate of the Furious and F9.
The last audiences saw of these three, they were seated at Dom’s Furious family barbecue at the Toretto household; Tej and Roman argued about food, much to the annoyance of Ramsey.
2 Deckard Shaw Is Sure To Return
So popular that he scored his own spin-off (and sequel), Deckard Shaw has appeared in five Fast & Furious films. First introduced in Fast & Furious 6, Shaw is a former British intelligence agent turned mercenary and older brother to Owen and Hattie Shaw. Their mother, Magdalene “Queenie” is the matriarch of the Shaw family and occasional-ally to Dom.
Deckard last appeared in F9’s mid-credit scene, which found him beating an unknown man inside a punching bag. A knock at the door disturbs Shaw, pausing his pummelling, and brings him face-to-face with Han Lue for the first time since his ‘death.’
1 Han Is Back From The Dead
First introduced to audiences back in 2006 with The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, Han “Seoul-Oh” Lue has appeared in five Furious films, including Fast & Furious, Fast Five, Fast & Furious 6, and F9—as well as a photo cameo in Furious 7.
Mr. Nobody helps Han fake his own death at the hands of Deckard Shaw, and uses his survival to become an agent and heal from Gisele’s death. The last audiences saw of Han, he stood at the door of a dumbfounded Deckard Shaw, who hadn’t seen Han since his apparent death.
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