Fast X? Fast & Furious 10 Missed The Best Sequel Title Opportunity
The Fast & Furious franchise officially announced Fast X as the title for the upcoming tenth movie, but in doing so, the studio missed an opportunity at the best sequel title. The tenth entry in The Fast Saga is currently scheduled to release on May 19, 2023, which will be slightly less than two years after the debut of F9. Fast X will also mark the first half of the saga's finale set for 2024. Both movies will be directed by franchise vet Justin Lin and will star series mainstays like Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson, and Ludacris.
While Fast & Furious 10 was long predicted to be the final movie in the main saga, Diesel and Paramount Pictures announced the last chapter would be split into two feature films. F9's release date pushback due to the coronavirus delayed the franchise's timeline, but it also gave the creative team time to fully plan out the saga's endgame. F9 ended with Diesel's Dom Toretto celebrating yet another victory with his crew after stopping the dangerous Project Aries device while evading another attack by Cipher (Charlize Theron). Dom also somewhat reconciled with his brother, Jakob (John Cena), who will likely return in future installments.
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In addition to sharing that the tenth movie is now in production, The Fast Saga officially confirmed the title as Fast X. However, there's a much more clever sequel title the studio could have used: Fast10 Your Seatbelts. The play on words to switch «Fast10» with «Fasten» would have shown that Paramount is in on the jokes surrounding the franchise's ever-changing sequels. The Fast X title announcement (via Twitter) even mentions the pun-worthy connection, stating, "Fasten
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