Fast And Furious Spin-Off Featuring Dwayne Johnson And Jason Statham In The Works

To put it mildly, the Fast and Furious franchise is quite the moneymaker. The series has gone from strength to strength at the box office, with the eighth installment - The Fate of the Furious - breaking various records upon its opening.

With that in mind, it’s perhaps not all that surprising that distributor Universal Pictures is reportedly mulling over a spin-off. According to Deadline, the proposed spin-off would focus on Diplomatic Security Service agent Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) forming an “unlikely alliance” with assassin and general sociopath Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham). Whether or not viewers will be able to cope with such a concentrated hit of testosterone in one film, we’ll have to wait and see.

Deadline’s sources said that Chris Morgan - screenwriter for every F&F film from Tokyo Drift onwards - will be on scripting duties, but other than that, details are very limited at this stage.

Would you watch a film focusing on this conspicuously macho pair?