So, I’d pretty much figured that the upcoming Fast & Furious spinoff, Hobbs and Shaw, couldn’t get any more awesome.
I mean, it has Dwayne Johnston, Jason Statham and Idris Elba already and that’s a whole lot of wonderful right there.
But, the latest rumour suggests that there’s another big name in the mix… John Wick. No, sorry, Keanu Reeves (could you imagine, though?!).
Yes, the word on the street is that Hobbs and Shaw will be going up against Brixton (Elba) in the movie as the #BlackSuperman but Reeves will be the big bad behind the scenes.
Oh, yes, please!
“In the last outing for Fast & Furious, we learned the identity of the driving force behind all of Dominic Toretto’s miseries: Cipher. Charlize Theron played Cipher to chilling perfection, taunting and manipulating Dom to his breaking point. Fast & Furious 8 saw the first team-up between Hobbs & Shaw. That paring was the inspiration for the new spin-off series. Like Cipher before, there will be a new background baddie pulling the strings for the new, odd couple offset from the main franchise. That villain will be none other than Keanu Reeves.”
It’s not known how big a role Reeves will have in the movie, with a possibility being that he’s actually set up for an after credits scene, setting him up for the next movie.
Whatever it is, having Reeves as a bad guy and in the Fast & Furious universe makes us very, very happy.
Hobbs & Shaw vs John Wick? What’s not to love?
After eight films that have amassed almost $5 billion worldwide, the Fast & Furious franchise now features its first stand-alone vehicle as Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham reprise their roles as Luke Hobbs and Deckard Shaw in Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw.
Ever since hulking lawman Hobbs (Johnson), a loyal agent of America’s Diplomatic Security Service, and lawless outcast Shaw (Statham), a former British military elite operative, first faced off in 2015’s Furious 7, the duo have swapped smack talk and body blows as they’ve tried to take each other down.
But when cyber-genetically enhanced anarchist Brixton (Idris Elba) gains control of an insidious bio-threat that could alter humanity forever — and bests a brilliant and fearless rogue MI6 agent (The Crown’s Vanessa Kirby), who just happens to be Shaw’s sister — these two sworn enemies will have to partner up to bring down the only guy who might be badder than themselves.
Hobbs & Shaw blasts open a new door in the Fast universe as it hurtles action across the globe, from Los Angeles to London and from the toxic wasteland of Chernobyl to the lush beauty of Samoa.
Directed by David Leitch (Deadpool 2) from a script by longtime Fast & Furious narrative architect Chris Morgan, the film is produced by Morgan, Johnson, Statham and Hiram Garcia. The executive producers are Dany Garcia, Kelly McCormick, Steven Chasman, Ethan Smith and Ainsley Davies.
Hobbs & Shaw will hit theaters August 2, 2019
Source: That Hashtag Show
Marc
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