Hobbs and Shaw: Every Action-Packed Detail We Have About the Fast & Furious Spinoff

Joining Johnson and Statham on the cast is The Crown's Vanessa Kirby. The British actress has finished her reign as Princess Margaret on the Netflix original drama and will portray MI5 agent Hattie Shaw, who happens to be Shaw's sister. Also joining the cast is Idris Elba, who is set to play the movie's main villain, Brixton, alongside Eiza González, Roman Reigns, and Eddie Marsan.

Back in April, Entertainment Weekly revealed that the film had found a director, and he couldn't be a better fit: David Leitch. In addition to helming Deadpool 2, the former stunt double/coordinator also directed Atomic Blonde and codirected John Wick, all of which feature elaborate action sequences. Knowing Hobbs and Shaw, there are going to be plenty of eye-popping fight scenes that will require Leitch's expertise. Chris Morgan, who's written six of the previous Fast and Furious films, is also on board to handle the script.

The action-buddy comedy is set to hit theaters on July 26, 2019, which caused a big delay in the premiere date for Fast 9, the upcoming addition to the Fast & Furious series. The move to push back Fast 9 to Easter weekend of 2020 immediately drew the ire of cast member Tyrese Gibson in October 2017, and he openly bashed Johnson's decision to move forward with the spinoff, to the detriment of the rest of the actors signed on to the ninth film.
Regardless of whether or not the bad blood within the franchise's cast has truly dissipated, it seems production on the spinoff is moving right along.