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Fast X’s 10 Biggest Retcons & Fast & Furious Character Changes

Warning! Spoilers ahead for Fast X.Fast X has to make some retcons and character changes to the established The Fast Saga for its story to work. Dominic Toretto and his “La Familia” re-assemble for another adventure as they face off with a very different foe in Jason Momoa’s flamboyant and eccentric villain, Dante. The franchise’s protagonists have faced so many challenges in its two-decade history, but as The Fast Saga starts to culminate, it looks back to “La Familia’s” latest adventure in Fast X, which means that some incidents from the past get recontextualized.

Originally supposed to be directed by F9 helmer, Justin Lin, director Louis Leterrier took over Fast X. The franchise has successfully transitioned from being a street racing-centered series to an action-adventure fare, and its 10th saga movie continues that. As Fast X officially kicks off the franchise’s final stretch, setting up what will ultimately be the end of The Fast Saga, certain elements from previous films are revisited, while some familiar faces make their long-awaited returns.

10 Fast X Retcons Gisele’s Death

Gal Gadot as Gisele in Fast & Furious 6 pic

The biggest The Fast Saga retcon in Fast X is certainly the return of Gal Gadot’s Giselle Yashar. Han Lue’s girlfriend and a trusted member of Dom’s crew, Gisele was originally a liaison for Braga in Fast & Furious. Like his love interest, she was believed to have died, but in the closing moments of Fast & Furious 6. Giselle makes her unexpected return in Fast X, however, as some kind of subordinate for Cipher.

9 Fast X Retcons Jason Momoa Into Fast Five’s Bridge Scene

Fast X Jason Momoa Villain Dante Fast Five Flashback

While Fast X debuts Dante, he apparently has been part of the “La Familia’s” story for a decade now. The Leterrier-directed blockbuster reveals that he is the son of Fast Five’s primary villain, Hernan Reyes, who died in the same film at the hands of Dom and his team. Fast X stages an elaborate flashback from the Brazillian bridge action scene, inserting Dante in the face-off.

8 Fast X Makes Cipher An Ally To Dom’s Team

Cipher laying and laughing in Fast X-1

After being in The Fate of the Furious, Cipher has been a recurring villain in The Fast Saga. However, Fast X throws a curveball with her character by making her an ally, albeit begrudgingly. Her decision to team up with Dom and “La Familia” is rooted in her predicament following Dante’s attack. Regardless of the reason, however, seeing her working with Letty, not to mention her mysterious ties to Giselle, could be an indication that she may eventually join Dom’s team properly by the end of The Fast Saga.
Related: Fast 11: Release Date, Cast, Story & Everything We Know About The Fast & Furious Movie

7 Fast X Humanizes Hernan Reyes Through Dante’s Flashbacks

Reyes in Fast Five.

Revisiting Fast 5 to establish Dante’s character means that Fast X also looks at Hernan Reyes with a fresh set of eyes. The villain is still depicted as a ruthless corrupt Portuguese-Brazilian politician, businessman, and drug lord is maintained, but seeing him interact with his son somehow humanizes him. Granted that Dante claims that he wasn’t a really great father, getting revenge for his dad’s death suggests that he loved him.

Dwayne Johnson as Hobbs in The Fate of the Furious

Despite his public comments about never returning to The Fast Saga, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson reprises his role as Luke Hobbs in Fast X. Debuting in Fast Five as a U.S. Diplomatic Security Service agent hired to take down the “La Familia,” he ultimately joined forces with the law-breaking team. Johnson was eventually awarded his own spin-off, co-starring with Jason Statham’s Deckard Shaw in Hobbs & Shaw. Diesel was open about hoping that Johnson would rejoin The Fast Saga, but when he was met with a definitive no, the public also gave up on the idea. So seeing Hobbs in the Fast X post-credits scene is quite shocking.

5 Fast X Officially Ends Han and Shaw’s Conflict

Fast X han and shaw

As a long-time ally of Dom, Han was seemingly killed in a car crash at the end of Fast & Furious: Tokyo Drift, which is set after the events of Fast & Furious 6. Eventually, it was revealed in Furious 7 that Han’s fatal accident had been arranged by Deckard Shaw as part of his revenge against Dom’s crew for what happened to his brother Owen. Deckard’s redemption, however, kicked off calls for Justice For Han, with hopes that Universal would finally deliver on it. Fast X makes that impossible as it officially ends Han’s conflict with Shaw.

4 Fast X Retcons Elena’s Family To Give Her A Sister

Elsa Pataky as Elena Neves in Fast & Furious

Alongside Hobbs, Elena Neves was also introduced in Fast Five as his subordinate. She subsequently started a romance with Dom, who was convinced that Letty was gone at that time. Together, they had a child, Little B. Despite being long dead in The Fast Saga, Fast X expands on Elena’s character by giving her a sister in Daniela Melchior’s Isabel Neves.
Related: 10 Ways Fast X Sets Up Fast & Furious 11 & The Franchise’s Ending

3 Fast X Overhauls Jakob’s Character

Jakob looking at Brian in Fast X

F9 expanded the Toretto family by introducing Dom and Mia’s estranged brother, Jakob. Employed by Cipher, he went on a revenge mission against his own brother for a misunderstanding in their childhood. Ultimately, they were able to set aside their differences, although not much was shown about their relationship after their reconciliation. When Fast X brings back Jakob, however, he’s so far from the grumpy and angry character in F9. He’s charming, hilarious, and loving, especially toward Little B.

2 Fast X Introduces The Torettos’ Matriarch

Vin Diesel being held by Rita Morena's character in the Fast X trailer

The Fast Saga continues to delve into the Toretto family history with Fast X introducing the clan’s matriarch. Played by the legendary Rita Moreno, Abuelita Toretto only appears at the start of the film, during the franchise’s signature cook-outs in Los Angeles. Unlike Jakob, however, Fast X doesn’t reveal much about her past. There is also no mention of her after her brief but sweet cameo, making it curious if she’ll be back in The Fast Saga ever again.

1 Fast X Reveals That Mr. Nobody Has A Secret Daughter

Brie Larson as Tess firing gun in Fast X

When Brie Larson was cast in Fast X as Tess, there were theories that she could be Brian’s sister. Before the film even hit theaters, however, that claim was debunked, and it revealed that she is Mr. Nobody’s daughter. Considering her scenes with Aimes, it seems like she has been working for the Agency for a while now, but she has never been mentioned until she actually makes her Fast X debut.

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Fast & Furious 11 Release Delay & Filming Start Date Confirmed By Director

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Fast and Furious 11
is facing a release date delay to Summer 2026 due to strikes, with director Louis Leterrier confirming the sequel will not be hitting its April 4, 2025 date.
Leterrier also confirms that filming starts in Fall 2025 after finishing a horror movie in September.
The final installment in the
Fast Saga
reunites Vin Diesel’s Dominic Toretto for one last ride, while also leaving the door open for other spinoffs.

After facing multiple delays due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA and Writers Guild of America strikes, Fast and Furious 11 is seeing its release date delayed. The next installment in the Vin Diesel-fronted franchise is expected to be the last mainline sequel, while development continues on the Dwayne Johnson-led spinoff Hobbs & Reyes, a mysterious standalone movie penned by Fast X’s Zach Dean and a potential female-led spinoff. While a filming start date was never confirmed, Universal had previously set the movie for an April 2025 release date.

During a recent interview with Collider at a CCXP MX panel, Louis Leterrier was asked for an update on Fast and Furious 11. The director went on to confirm that the final mainline installment in the action franchise will no longer be making its April 4, 2025 release date, instead now aiming for a Summer 2026 release window with the filming start date being set for this fall. Check out what Leterrier said below:

It’s happening. It’s happening very, very soon. I’m able to shoot a little horror movie this summer. I’m finishing my horror movie on September 15th, and I start Fast on September 16th.

Will Fast 11’s Multiple Delays Help Or Hurt The Sequel?

Much like the tenth film before it, Fast and Furious 11 has faced a few behind-the-scenes hardships in its road to getting off the ground, namely the delays stemming from the 2023 strikes. While the latest movie seems to have retained its core creative team in comparison to the shift in directors from franchise vet Justin Lin to Leterrier on Fast X after reported creative differences between the former and Diesel, this change didn’t seem to help much with the continued downward trend recent sequels have seen from critics. Check out how the franchise’s Rotten Tomatoes scores compare below:

Title RT Critical Score RT Audience Score The Fast and the Furious 54% 74% 2 Fast 2 Furious 37% 50% The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift 37% 69% Fast & Furious 28% 67% Fast Five 78% 83% Fast & Furious 6 71% 84% Furious 7 81% 82% The Fate of the Furious 67% 72% Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw 67% 88% F9: The Fast Saga 59% 82% Fast X 56% 84%

Even looking outside the Fast and Furious franchise, many movie sequels have found themselves hurt by various delays, be they from creative changes, general release shifts or other factors. The action genre in particular is one in which lengthier development periods can lead to diminishing returns, be it A Good Day to Die Hard, Rambo: Last Blood or Diesel’s own xXx: The Return of Xander Cage. While Fast and Furious 11 may only be getting pushed back by a year, the delay is nonetheless a concern that the final installment could find itself in trouble.

Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel) looking angry with Letty (Michelle Rodriguez) looking unimpressed in Fast & Furious

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On the other hand, the longer wait for Fast and Furious 11 to close out the mainline series of movies could actually prove beneficial for the sequel. Though Leterrier may be busy with another project in the lead-up to filming the next installment, writers Oren Uziel and Christina Hodson should now have more than enough time to really look back at the script and ensure it learns from the critical missteps of recent installments to deliver a satisfying conclusion to the Dominic Toretto saga.

Source: Collider

Fast and Furious 11 temp poster Fast and Furious 11 Fast and Furious 11 is the final movie in the Fast Saga. It reunites Vin Diesel’s Dominic Toretto with the rest of the cast for one last ride. However, the franchise is open for spinoff films like Hobbs & Shaw afterward.Director Louis Leterrier Release Date April 4, 2025 Distributor(s) Universal Pictures Writers Christina Hodson , Oren Uziel

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Vin Diesel Already Has His Perfect Fast & Furious Replacement Franchise With 51-Year-Old Remake

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Vin Diesel’s dominance in Fast & Furious is ending, but Kojak could kick off a new action franchise for him.
Kojak’s reboot faces an uncertain future, but its similarity to Fast & Furious makes it a worthy project for Diesel.
Diesel’s potential shift from criminal racer to cop signifies a fresh start in a possible Fast & Furious-like series.

Vin Diesel’s days of playing Dominic Toretto are numbered, but the actor has already found his perfect Fast & Furious replacement. Diesel found a major breakout role in the early 2000s thanks to participating in The Fast and the Furious. The original 2001 street racing crime movie became the springboard for a sprawling franchise that has lasted for over two decades. The success of the Fast & Furious movies transformed Vin Diesel’s career, turning him into an even bigger star, especially in the action movie genre. But, Fast & Furious 11 is planned as the final chapter for him and the franchise.

The Fast & Furious franchise’s end will put Vin Diesel in an unfamiliar position of not having a major franchise to lean back on. This presents the actor with various options, such as changing the course of his career to pursue non-franchise roles. However, the more likely outcome is that Diesel will attempt to find a new IP that can replace Fast & Furious. He has had trouble in that regard recently, with franchises like xXx or Riddick running cold and Bloodshot and The Last Witch Hunter failing to launch franchises. There is another option for Diesel, though.

2:03 Vin Diesel as Dominic Toretto from The Fast & Furious Franchise

Related Vin Diesel May Have Spoiled Fast & Furious 11’s Ending With $2.7 Billion Movie Comparison Dom’s death happening in Fast & Furious 11 may have been spoiled already, with Vin Diesel comparing the upcoming movie to another big franchise.

Kojak Can Be Vin Diesel’s New Action Crime Franchise After Fast & Furious
Diesel Has Been Developing The Reboot Since 2015

The impending conclusion of the Fast & Furious franchise means it is finally time for Vin Diesel’s Kojak reboot to get off the ground. The project was announced back in 2015 with Diesel re-teaming with Universal Pictures, the studio behind Fast & Furious, to develop a movie based on Kojak. The original TV series starred Telly Savalas as Theo Kokaj and ran for three seasons after debuting in 1973. The series revolves around Kojak, a New York detective known for being willing to go beyond the law and a love for cars and lollipops, and follows him as he investigates different cases.

Kojak was rebooted in 2005 as a TV show starring Ving Rhames, but it only ran for six episodes

Development on Vin Diesel’s Kojak movie has not been very active in the nine years since it was announced. However, it still maintains the base similarities to Fast & Furious, which makes the project a worthwhile endeavor for Diesel in terms of finding a new action franchise. He would now have another big action series about cars and crime, essentially making Kojak into a newer version of Fast & Furious. The irony here is that Diesel takes on the role of a cop after playing criminal racer Dominic Toretto.

Vin Diesel’s Involvement Can Morph Kojak Into A Major Action Franchise
Kojak Could Be A Fast & Furious Clone
Telly Savalas talking on the phone in Kojak

Looking at the original TV show, Kojak might not necessarily project to be a major blockbuster action franchise akin to Fast & Furious. The TV series was relatively grounded and small due to the nature of its production. However, the fact that Diesel and Universal pinpointed this property as something they wanted to revive together is telling. The announcement of Kojak’s reboot came months after Furious 7 debuted in theaters and took the franchise to new heights at the box office and in terms of how ridiculously big the action and story could get.

It’s sometimes difficult to remember that Fast & Furious started off with a story about DVD thieves who were also street racers before Diesel helped turn it into something much bigger. With that experience and success already behind him, it would be understandable if a similar path was envisioned for Kojak. The series could then morph into a Fast & Furious clone, one that gives Vin Diesel a new franchise to headline and Universal a “fresh” action franchise to grow.

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The Rock’s WWE Run Means Fast & Furious 11 Must Make 1 Major Hobbs Change

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Hobbs from Fast & Furious 11 needs a gritty edge like The Rock’s WWE character to keep the franchise fresh and exciting.
The Rock’s time away from the Fast & Furious universe provides the perfect reason for Hobbs to return with a personal vendetta and a more savage attitude.
While Hobbs shouldn’t become a full-fledged villain in Fast & Furious 11, adding some edginess and dirty tricks could make his character more intriguing and dynamic.

Fast & Furious 11 must make one major Hobbs change after The Rock’s incredible WWE run. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s WWE return surpassed his recent movies, with the actor creating some of the best work of his career. Having returned to a thunderous reception, The Rock was able to flip the crowd’s reception by becoming a heel and playing a major part in WrestleMania’s main events. The Rock hasn’t played a villain on screen for years, as even his depiction of Black Adam lent more into the character’s anti-hero side, which made his wrestling run all the more refreshing.

While his wrestling character may not perfectly translate into the Fast & Furious universe, there is one aspect of The Rock’s WWE run that the franchise should attempt to implement. After debuting in Fast Five, The Rock’s best Fast & Furious scenes helped contribute to the movie series becoming so popular, with Luke Hobbs becoming an instrumental part of the story. He was even given his own spinoff alongside Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham) and is set to get a solo movie in the future. Despite this, Hobbs would still benefit from adding one key aspect of The Rock’s WWE run.

The Rock’s WWE Run Proves Fast & Furious 11 Needs To Give Hobbs More Of An Edge
Fast & Furious Would Benefit From Hobbs Adopting Some Of The Rock’s WWE Tendancies
Dwayne The Rock Johnson in Black Adam, WWE, and Hobbs and Shaw

Given how electrifying The Rock’s recent WWE run was, there is no doubt Fast & Furious 11 needs to give Hobbs more of an edge. Although the character has had his more serious moments, like most of the Fast & Furious cast, Hobbs tends to mix action with comedy. Hobbs and Shaw are supposed to be two of the more stoic heroes, yet they are constantly at each other’s throats and cracking jokes to help maintain the franchise’s lighthearted core. However, giving Hobbs a grittier side would help the character thrive upon his return.

The Rock’s Fast & Furious return may redeem Fast X’s box office, but the character needs to come back stronger than ever. By allowing him to be more ruthless, he can still maintain some elements of comedy but also become more interesting in the process. Johnson proved that despite being a detestable heel, he was still as hilarious as ever during his recent WWE tenure. This proves that he can maintain Fast & Furious’ tone and humorous style while being more layered; therefore, Hobbs adopting some of The Rock’s WWE characteristics could make him even more entertaining.

Fast & Furious Already Has A Reason For Hobbs To Be More Savage
Hobbs Has Been Away From The Franchise For Several Years

Making a major change to Hobbs’ character could be tough to explain, but Fast & Furious 11 already has a great reason to make him more savage. His four-year absence from the franchise gives him a perfect excuse to come back with a vengeance and potentially have a personal attachment to Fast & Furious 11’s villains. Hobbs’ time away from the main story could be explained through a connection to Fast X’s secondary villain, Aimes. Aimes’ villain twist in Fast X was well executed and suggests he’ll be around for the sequel, which is the perfect reason to bring back Hobbs.

Having a more personal story with one of the villains could allow Hobbs to continue his great quips and one-liners, but it would also give him more of an edge.

Fast X never explained why he’s back, but having a personal vendetta against Aimes could be an intriguing reason. Given Dom and Dante are the focal point of the franchise’s conclusion, Hobbs returning to take down Aimes would avoid overshadowing the main story while still giving him an interesting role. Having a personal story with one of the villains could allow Hobbs to continue his great quips and one-liners, while also giving him more of an edge. This provides The Rock with the perfect reason to implement some of his heel traits while still portraying a morally good hero.

2:34 Image 147 Related Predicting The Ending Of All 13 Fast & Furious Characters In Fast 11 The Fast Saga is set to conclude with Fast & Furious 11 – or Fast X 2 – but how will Dom Toretto and his family’s stories come to a definitive end?

Why Fast & Furious Can’t Bring The Rock Back As A Villain
Hobbs Already Appeared As An Antagonist In Fast Five
A custom image featuring Dwayne Johnson as Luke Hobbs in the Fast and Furious movies Custom image by Debanjana Chowdhury

Although The Rock’s villainous tendencies worked well in the WWE, Fast & Furious can’t bring him back as an antagonist. Johnson already played the main villain of Fast Five, as Hobbs was originally an enemy of Dom and his crew before becoming an ally. Hobbs’ role in Fast Five was one of his best, but despite being the main antagonist, he always had a level of integrity. Dropping all of this to make him a villain in the final movie would be completely unnecessary, especially as the franchise needs him to remain a hero for his spinoff.

Fast & Furious 11 may end the main story, but The Rock will be part of the franchise beyond this, and altering his character so drastically wouldn’t make any sense. Instead, adding some extra edge to his character would have the same effect and would avoid stealing the thunder from Dante and Aimes. Although Fast & Furious 11 shouldn’t make him a villain, the film can still allow Hobbs to play dirty and pull some cheap tricks in order to show a grittier side, while letting him taunt his enemies when he inevitably helps save the day.

Fast & Furious 11
is scheduled to be released in theaters on April 4, 2025.

Fast and Furious 11 temp poster Fast and Furious 11 Fast and Furious 11 is the final movie in the Fast Saga. It reunites Vin Diesel’s Dominic Toretto with the rest of the cast for one last ride. However, the franchise is open for spinoff films like Hobbs & Shaw afterward.Director Louis Leterrier Release Date April 4, 2025 Distributor(s) Universal Pictures Writers Christina Hodson , Oren Uziel

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