Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham’s much-anticipated spin-off movie for the Fast and Furious franchise barely announced its release date before Tyrese (yes, again) and Vin Diesel threw shade at it on social media.
Before we get into all that, here’s what we know about The Rock and Statham’s movie so far, thanks to Variety…
Johnson and Statham will reprise their roles of special agent Hobbs and criminal mastermind Deckard Shaw, who team up on an undisclosed mission.
Early on in the development of the story, sources said the two would hunt down Charlize Theron’s villainous Cypher after the events of “The Fate of the Furious,” but insiders say that it’s currently unknown whether or not she’s involved.The film’s release date will be July 26, 2019 (which is why Fast 9 got pushed back, triggering Tyrese). Chris Morgan, who wrote The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, Fast & Furious, Fast Five, Fast & Furious 6 and Furious 7 will be writing the script, while sources say Shane Black (Iron Man 3) could end up being the director.
Now then, back to the never-ending beef between The Rock and certain members of the Fast and Furious cast.
We all know that Johnson and Diesel had a falling out during the filming of Fast 8, reportedly having to be kept apart during the press tour after The Rock called someone (Vin Diesel, probably) a “candy ass.”
Supposedly, that was all settled, but now it appears, with a lot of help from Tyrese, to have flared up again.
In August, Tyrese ripped The Rock over doing the spin-off movie and for not returning his texts (seriously).
Then earlier this week when the release date for Fast 9 was announced and instead of it coming out in two years, as the last five movies had, this one was being delayed until 2020.
Tyrese took great umbrage with a giant source of his income being pushed back to accommodate The Rock and blasted him on social media.
