Hobbs & Shaw

Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (internationally known as Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw and as Wild Speed: Super Combo in Japan) is an upcoming 2019 American buddy cop action film directed by David Leitch and written by Chris Morgan. It is a spin-off from The Fast and the Furious franchise featuring two characters, Luke Hobbs and Deckard Shaw, in the leading roles. The film will star Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Idris Elba, Vanessa Kirby, and Helen Mirren and is scheduled to be released on August 2, 2019 by Universal Pictures.

Premise
Two years after the events of The Fate of the Furious, DSS federal agent Luke Hobbs and former SAS operative turned mercenary Deckard Shaw, two men who dislike each other extremely, are forced to team up to stop a new threat emerging from Brixton Lore, a cyber-genetically enhanced international terrorist who created a deadly virus that could threaten the human race.

Cast

 * Dwayne Johnson as Luke Hobbs, a federal agent working for the DSS and also at odds with Shaw after the events of Furious 7 and The Fate of the Furious.
 * Jason Statham as Deckard Shaw, a former British Special Forces assassin-turned-mercenary who had been imprisoned by Hobbs after killing Han. After his defeat in Los Angeles, Shaw remains at odds with him. He joins forces with Hobbs to pursue Lore.
 * Idris Elba as Brixton Lore, a former MI6 agent, cyber-genetically enhanced international terrorist leader and a criminal mastermind who is in conflict with Hobbs and Shaw due to creation of a deadly virus which might wipe out the entire humanity.
 * Vanessa Kirby as Hattie Shaw, an MI6 field agent and Owen and Deckard's sister.
 * Eiza González as Madam M.
 * Helen Mirren as Magdalene Shaw, the mother of Deckard, Owen and Hattie. Mirren reprises her role from The Fate of the Furious.

Additionally, reports emerged that Eddie Marsan would appear in an undisclosed role. Lori Pelenise Tuisano was cast as Hobbs' mother, while Cliff Curtis, Roman Reigns, Josh Mauga, and John Tui will portray the brothers of Luke Hobbs.

Development
In November 2015, Vin Diesel announced in an interview with Variety that potential spin-offs for The Fast and the Furious series were in the early stages of development. In October 2017, Universal Pictures announced a spin-off film centered around characters Luke Hobbs and Deckard Shaw and set a release date of July 26, 2019, with Chris Morgan returning to write the script. Variety reported that Shane Black was being considered to direct the film. The announcement of the spin-off provoked a response on Instagram by Tyrese Gibson, criticizing Johnson for causing the ninth Fast & Furious film to be delayed for another year. In February 2018, Deadpool 2 director David Leitch entered talks to direct the film. In April 2018, Leitch was confirmed as the director for the film and added David Scheunemann as a production designer.

Pre-production
In July 2018, Vanessa Kirby was cast in the film to play an MI6 agent and Shaw's sister, along with Idris Elba to play the main villain role in the film. In October 2018, Eddie Marsan joined the cast of the film. In November 2018, Eiza Gonzalez joined the cast of the film. In January 2019, Johnson revealed that his cousin and professional wrestler Roman Reigns would appear in the film as Hobbs' brother. Additionally, he announced that Cliff Curtis, Josh Mauga, and John Tui would also portray the brothers of Hobbs. Helen Mirren was also confirmed to be reprising her role from The Fate of the Furious.

Filming
Principal photography began on September 10, 2018, in London, England. Dwayne Johnson joined the production two weeks later, on September 24, 2018, after wrapping Jungle Cruise. In October, filming moved to Glasgow to recreate London. Filming also took place in late 2018 at Eggborough Power Station, North Yorkshire. Production officially completed on January 27, 2019.

Most of the filming was done at Shepperton Studios.

Post-production
The visual effects are provided by DNEG and Framestore, supervised by Mike Brazelton and Kyle McCulloch, and produced by Dan Glass.

Music
In May 2019, it was announced that Tyler Bates will compose the film's score.

Marketing
The first poster was released on January 31, 2019. The first trailer was released on February 1, 2019, and a TV spot was aired during Super Bowl LIII on February 3, 2019. A second trailer was released on April 18, 2019.

Release
The film is set for an August 2, 2019 release after being moved by Universal Studios from its previous date of July 26, 2019.

Lawsuit
In October 2018, Fast & Furious franchise producer Neal H. Moritz filed a lawsuit against Universal Pictures for breach of oral contract and committed promissory fraud after the distributor removed him as lead producer for Hobbs & Shaw. Furthermore, it was revealed in May 2019 that Universal dropped Moritz from all future Fast & Furious installments.