---
title: "David Leitch Will Direct the Fast & Furious ‘Hobbs and Shaw’ Spinoff"
description: "Production on the Fast & Furious spinoff starring Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham appears to be moving forward swimmingly."
date: "2018-04-13"
modified: "2018-04-13"
authors:
  - name: "Chris Tsui"
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url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/20090/david-leitch-will-direct-the-fast-furious-hobbs-and-shaw-spinoff"
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  - "dwayne johnson"
  - "Fast & Furious"
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---

# David Leitch Will Direct the Fast & Furious ‘Hobbs and Shaw’ Spinoff

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Likely to [Tyrese's chagrin](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/15720/tyrese-gibson-threatens-to-quit-fast-furious-franchise-if-dwayne-johnson-doesnt-2>), production on the [*Fast & Furious* spinoff](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/927/fast-furious-spinoffs-are-in-the-works-bro>) starring Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham appears to be moving forward swimmingly. [*Entertainment Weekly*](<https://ew.com/movies/2018/04/12/david-leitch-fast-furious-dwayne-johnson-jason-statham/>) reported Thursday that the upcoming automotive action flick will be directed by David Leitch.

A relative newcomer to the director's chair, Leitch has been around the block multiple times when it comes to action and stuntwork—which, let's face it, is arguably the biggest reason [folks flock to these movies](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/9346/f8-of-the-furious-breaks-global-box-office-records>) time and time again. A quick glance at his [IMDb](<https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0500610/>) page reveals Leitch has served as a second unit director for *Captain America: Civil War* and *Jurassic World* as well as acting as a stunt double for Brad Pitt five times and Jean-Claude Van Damme twice. More recently, he directed *John Wick*, *Atomic Blonde*, and next month's *Deadpool 2*. I think it's safe to say the man knows his way around an action set.

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Tentatively known as *Hobbs and Shaw*, the upcoming *Fast* spinoff will see Johnson and Statham's characters, er, Hobbs and Shaw, team up against a common enemy. Actually, no official synopsis has been revealed yet but, I mean, that sounds like a pretty likely premise, no? Regardless of where Leitch chooses to take this one story-wise, we expect many fights with many bald men along with a healthy dose of physics-defying, vehicular hijinks.

Back in October, it was announced that series veteran [Justin Lin would return to direct](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/15585/justin-lin-will-direct-fast-furious-9-and-10-jordana-brewster-also-returning>) the next two mainline *Fast & Furious* movies. *Hobbs and Shaw*, or whatever it ends up being titled, is scheduled to hit theaters July 26, 2019.

## Author
Chris Tsui is *The Drive*'s former Reviews Editor and current freelance automotive journalist. He's based in Toronto.

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