Fast and Furious franchise to end with two back-to-back sequels

The Fast and Furious franchise will come to a conclusion after two more films. Justin Lin, who directed the third, fourth, fifth, sixth and ninth Fast and Furious films, will return to direct the final two installments and drive the franchise to the finish line after over two decades in theatres.

Los Angeles: Universal Pictures will wrap its long-running action franchise Fast and Furious with two back-to-back instalments, to be directed by Justin Lin.

The franchise, led by Vin Diesel, has so far produced nine films since the debut of the first "Fast and Furious" movie in 2001.

According to Variety, Diesel will return for the new movies along with the core cast of Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Chris Ludacris Bridges, Jordana Brewster, Nathalie Emmanuel and Sung Kang.

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Lin has so far directed four films in the series -- The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006), Fast Five (2011), Fast & Furious 6 (2013) and upcoming F9.

The Fast and Furious franchise, which also includes Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham-led spinoff Hobbs & Shaw, has made USD 5.89 billion globally.

The latest film F9 is currently in post-production, with the release having been pushed back by Universal to May 2021 from a 2020 release due to the coronavirus pandemic.

With inputs from PTI