---
title: "Spring Fast & Furious 9 Release Pushed Back to 2021 Thanks to Coronavirus"
description: "We'll now have to wait until next April to see how they explain Han's triumphant return."
date: "2020-03-12"
modified: "2020-03-12"
authors:
  - name: "Chris Tsui"
    job_title: "Contributor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/chris-tsui"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/32568/spring-fast-furious-9-release-pushed-back-to-2021-thanks-to-coronavirus"
categories:
  - "News"
  - "Trucks"
tags:
  - "Aviation"
---

# Spring Fast & Furious 9 Release Pushed Back to 2021 Thanks to Coronavirus

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[Motorsport](<https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/32567/f1s-season-opening-australian-grand-prix-axed-over-coronavirus-report>) and [auto shows](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/32414/see-what-the-abandoned-geneva-motor-show-looks-like-thanks-to-coronavirus>) aren't the only car-related events to be postponed thanks to Coronavirus. Universal Studios has announced that the ninth mainline *Fast & Furious* movie, officially titled *F9*, will be pushed back by almost a year. A day after the World Health Organization officially classified the COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic, the movie franchise took to social media and said *F9* would release in North America on April 2, 2021 instead of May 22 of this year as originally planned.

https://twitter.com/_/status/1238137910756552704

The wait to see exactly [how they bring Han back from the dead](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/32045/watch-the-explosive-first-trailer-for-f9-the-fast-saga>) just got more than 10 months longer. Delays like this will certainly spell trouble for Universal's pocketbook as well—hardly the most serious consequences to arise from the outbreak but a disappointment to *Fast* fans nonetheless. Presumably, [that Honda dealer that was offering $900 for somebody to watch all the movies in a week](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/32359/a-honda-dealership-will-pay-someone-you-900-to-watch-all-9-fast-furious-movies>) will have to keep their bounty for another year or so.

On a semi-related note, *No Time to Die*, Daniel Craig's final outing as James Bond, had its [April 2 release date pushed all the way to November 25, 2020](<https://variety.com/2020/film/news/james-bond-no-time-to-die-coronavirus-1203523859/>) just last week while thriller flick [*A Quiet Place Part II*](<https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/12/21176712/a-quiet-place-part-2-delay-paramount-coronavirus-concerns>) was also delayed indefinitely.

To hold you over until April 2021 rolls around, here's the movie's trailer. It features John Cena as Vin Diesel's long-lost brother, Helen Mirren behind the wheel of a purple Noble M600, Charlize Theron in a sinisterly bowl-shaped haircut, and Han Tokyo Drift-ing the snot out of a MkV Toyota Supra. It's gonna be a long wait.

https://youtube.com/embed/FUK2kdPsBws

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

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