Fast & Furious: Shane Black Being Considered to Direct Spinoff

Shane Black is an early challenger to direct Dwayne ' The Rock ' Johnson’sFast & Furiousspinoff . As Universal ’s railroad car franchise has continued , the cellular inclusion of The Rock as Hobbs was one that instantly spin the enfranchisement into a fresh counsel . While he had already proven his popularity elsewhere , his stardom helped turnFast & Furiousinto one of the human race ’s big dealership . He has continued to see his purpose extend in the installments free since then , even becoming the de - facto genius duringThe Fate of the Furious .

With The Rock being as popular as ever , Universal has moved forwards with The Rock ’s desire togive Hobbs a spinoff movieof his own . However , he wo n’t be the only whizz of this motion-picture show , what with Jason Statham set to recapitulate his role as Deckard Shaw in the moving picture . The film just received arelease date for 2019 , and now may haveIron Man 3 ’s theatre director in its sights .

Varietyis reporting that while things are very former and no get together have take place , Black is one of the many name being eyed to direct at this stage . He is no alien to buddy action at law / comedies like this either , having written films likesLethal Weaponand directedKiss Kiss Bang Bang , Iron Man 3 , and most recentlyThe Nice Guys . He is also line up to directDoc wolf - also starring The Rock- but with the status of that film unknown , Black and Johnson could look towards the spinoff as their hazard to ferment together , instead .

Collage of Dom driving in Fast and the Furious

The odds of Black actually sign on on to direct theFast & Furiousspinoff are unknown at this leg . Variety ’s account state that any meeting with managing director wo n’t take spot until the script has been finished by Chris Morgan . However , with a summertime 2019 release date now attached to the project , that should n’t take too long . The plastic film will need to start up charge around mid-2018 , so Universal may take the next few months to nail down the handwriting , and then announce a director ahead of time next class .

Black would be a potentially bang-up fit for the spinoff thanks to his style , and he has a schedule that should work with the movie ’s presume output timeline . Black is presently putting the cease touches onThe Predatorand is getting that continuation / reboot ready for an August discharge engagement next year . The film maker will be out and about promotingThe Predatoraround the same time that theFast & Furiousspinoff should be start principal picture taking , so that could stage a programing difference . However , if Black is the choice that Johnson is championing , his say could be enough to ensure that the teller is brought onboard .