On July 31, 2020, a mixtape titled Road to F9 was released, and features music inspired by the film. The mixtape was preceded by the lead single " One Shot" by YoungBoy Never Broke Again and Lil Baby. [51] Yellowstone w/Brian Tyler". The Society of Composers & Lyricists. Archived from the original on February 13, 2021 . Retrieved December 17, 2020. Fast and Furious 9 cars arrive in Krabi". Nation Multimedia Group. June 19, 2019. Archived from the original on June 27, 2019 . Retrieved June 27, 2019. Vin Diesel as Dominic Toretto: A former criminal and professional street racer who has retired and settled down with his wife, Letty, and his son, Brian Marcos. [14] Diesel's son Vincent Sinclair portrays a young Dominic, while Vinnie Bennett portrays a teenage Dominic. [15] Tyrese Gibson as Roman Pearce: An ex-habitual offender, expert street racer and a member of Dom's team. [14]

With a ninth film planned since 2014, Lin was confirmed as director in October 2017, returning to the franchise for the first time since directing Fast & Furious 6 (2013). F9 is the first film in the franchise since 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003) to not be written by Chris Morgan. Dwayne Johnson, who appeared in the previous four films, was announced to return in April 2017, but confirmed his absence in January 2019. The rest of the cast was finalized with the addition of Cena six months later. Brian Tyler returned to compose the score. [9] Principal photography began in June 2019 and lasted until that November, with filming locations including London, Edinburgh, Tbilisi, Los Angeles, and Thailand. Desborough, Jenny (June 25, 2021). " 'Fast and Furious 9' Cameos: All the Appearances Explained". Newsweek. Archived from the original on December 6, 2022 . Retrieved May 12, 2023. Urban, Sasha (March 25, 2022). " Spider-Man, Ted Lasso Take Top Honors at ICG Publicists Awards". Variety. Archived from the original on March 25, 2022 . Retrieved October 26, 2023. a b Saponara, Michael (October 22, 2019). "Cardi B Joins the 'Fast & Furious' Family: See Her Video With Vin Diesel". Billboard. Archived from the original on January 9, 2020 . Retrieved October 22, 2019.Winners of the 22nd Annual Golden Trailer Awards" (PDF). Golden Trailer Awards. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 12, 2022 . Retrieved January 28, 2023. The film is getting BluRay with 4K Steelbook Edition and 4K Director's Cut Steelbook Edition". Comicbook . Retrieved August 1, 2021.

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Schaefer, Sandy (June 24, 2019). "Fast & Furious 9 Begins Production". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on June 24, 2019 . Retrieved June 25, 2019. In April 2017, Diesel and Dwayne Johnson stated that they would return. [35] In October 2017, Jordana Brewster, who portrayed Mia Toretto in five of the franchise's films, was set to reprise her role for the ninth and tenth entries. [32] On April 4, 2018, Johnson stated that he was now unsure if would return for the ninth film due to working on the spin-off, [36] and he confirmed in January 2019 that neither he nor Statham would be returning for the ninth film due to production of the spin-off. [37] In November 2014, Universal Pictures chairwoman Donna Langley told The Hollywood Reporter that there would be at least three more films in the franchise after Furious 7 (2015). [30] Furious 7 director James Wan was originally contractually hired to direct the eighth and ninth film in the series, but the studio let him go after he told them about his wishes to make a sequel to his previous horror film The Conjuring (2013). [31] In October 2017, Diesel revealed in a Facebook live video that Justin Lin, who directed every film from The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) through Fast & Furious 6 (2013), would be returning for the ninth and tenth films. [32] [33] In May 2018, Daniel Casey was hired to write the screenplay after Chris Morgan left due to his work on Hobbs & Shaw (2019). [34] Neal H. Moritz returned as producer after being left out of Hobbs & Shaw due to issues with Universal. In June 2019, John Cena was officially cast in the film, after an initial announcement from Diesel in April. [17] In July 2019, Finn Cole, Anna Sawai, and Vinnie Bennett joined the cast of the film. [15] That same month, it was announced Helen Mirren and Charlize Theron would reprise their roles, [21] with Michelle Rodriguez also confirmed to return. [38] Michael Rooker and MMA Fighter Francis Ngannou [39] were added to the cast in August. [20] In October 2019, Ozuna and Cardi B joined the cast of the film. [26] [24] Filming [ edit ] a b c d D'Alessandro, Anthony (July 2, 2019). " 'Fast & Furious 9' Adds Trio: Finn Cole, Anna Sawai & Vinnie Bennett". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on July 2, 2019 . Retrieved July 2, 2019.