Fast and Furious 10: The director leaves the set. Who controls diesel?

Thunderbolt Fast & Furious in the family! Director Justin Lynn, who is already heading for Fast & Furious: Tokyo Drift and episodes 4, 5, 6 and 9 of the saga, is leaving filming for Fast X, which has just begun.

The director who co-wrote the film with Dan Mazow will still remain in production. If the distance between the two sides was friendly, sources close to the director say that the latter decided to leave the franchise due to a creative disagreement.

Justin Lynn issued a statement:With the support of Universal, I made the difficult decision to leave the position of FAST X CEO while remaining a producer on the project. In ten years and five feature films we have been able to shoot the best actors, the best tricks and the best car chase.

Personally, as the son of Asian immigrants, I am proud to have helped create the most diverse franchise in the history of cinema. “I will be forever grateful for the support of an amazing actor, team and studio and for meeting FAST’s family.”

We still do not know what the creative differences are, but we recently announced that producer Neil H. Moritz wanted to get back to the basics of the last two parts of the saga. He hoped “Bring back some realism and make the movies less weird. “

On the other hand, Vin Diesel, the saga’s lead actor and also producer, is very involved at all levels. He also announced last week that Jordan Brewster, translator of Mia Torreto, should not have appeared in the Fast X script, and that it was his daughter who insisted that Justin Lynn bring her back to the story.

So many details that might explain the director’s decision, but very involved in the franchise.

Last week, Vin Diesel shared a video of him and Justin Lynn announcing the end of the first week of filming for Fast X. The director’s awkward reaction to this video echoes differently after the latter’s recent ouster.

A surprising decision

Justin Lynn, who was to direct the last two parts, was one of the architects of the Fast & Furious saga. He joined the series in the third part and turned from Fast & Furious simple action movies to internationally acclaimed blockbusters.

While promoting Fast & Furious 9, Lynn admitted that she knew how the adventure would end:We have been talking about this for ten years. This is a conversation we have had for a long time. So I can say “yes” broadly. And especially because 9 marks the beginning of the trilogy. “

A trilogy that the filmmaker wanted to shoot, but in the end he prefers to leave someone else.

Universal therefore needs to find a new director who will be ready to immediately join the filming of this great production.

Deadline reports that production, which has just begun, will be briefly halted until manufacturers find a replacement for Justin Lynn. The studio was already starting to meet with the candidates.

Who is the director of Diesel?

Will Diesel be ready to regain control of the child? Recall that the actor has already made 2 short films (Variety in 1995 and Los Bandoleros, which connected all the films in the FF saga in 2009) and the feature film Strays in 1997.

It seems logical that the saga star, who is very involved in the script and production, is officially at the top of the last two opuses.

At this time Fast X is still scheduled for May 24, 2023 in cinemas. Vin Diesel, Jason Momoa, Bree Larson, Charlize Theron, Michelle Rodriguez, Tire Gibson, Ludacris, Jordan Brewster, Natalie Emanuel, Sung Kang and Daniela Melchi are all in the feature film cast.