With yesterday’e confirmation of the upcoming Fast and the Furious spin-off film will be following Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham’s Hobbs and Shaw characters.
Included in the write-up in Variety on the story though was one small detail not mentioned anywhere else. Now we have heard The Nice Guys and Iron Man 3 director Shane Black is being mentioned as a potential candidate to direct
Black is in the midst of post-production on The Predator which is due next year, If hired, this would be the first time he’s directed a film he hasn’t at least co-wrote.
Franchise veteran Chris Morgan will be writing the script though and it’s expected a decision about a dictor won’t be made until it’s done.
The untitled film has a July 26th 2019 release.
