Fast 10: Justin Lin Quit 3 Days Before Official Announcement
Director Justin Lin dropped out of filming Fast and Furious 10 days before the actual announcement. Fast & Furious 10,also known as Fast X, is the latest entry in Universal's popular car-racing franchise and is set to be a massive event film that will start to wrap up the series, with a planned eleventh movie being the final entry. After skipping out on Furious 7 andFate of the Furious, F9 saw longtime franchise director Lin return. He was then set to conclude the series he helped define with the final two movies.
Filming onFast X began on April 20, 2022, with a release date set for May 19, 2023. Yet six days later, less than a week into principal photography, it was announced that Lin had exited Fast and Furious 10over creative differences. Still, he would stay on as a producer. Universal Studios quickly went looking for a new director to take over and recently found one in The Incredible Hulk's Louis Leterrier, who was hired less than a week after Lin had dropped out.
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It appears Lin was off Fast 10 a bit longer than many suspected. According to THR, Lin had officially quit the movie on April 23, three days before Universal released a statement regarding the director's departure and just three days into production. After a major disagreement over Fast and Furious 10 with star and producer Vin Diesel that resulted in a slammed door, Lin said he was done with the movie. "This movie is not worth my mental health," he reportedly declared. Universal took it seriously, and by April 25, a day before the announcement was made, the studio and the director reached a settlement for Lin to exit the production.
Shortly after the news that Lin departed Fast
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