Idris Elba to Play Villain in Dwayne Johnson Fast And Furious Spinoff, Hobbs and Shaw.
Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham will star in the feature, playing their Fast characters Luke Hobbs, the Diplomatic Security Service agent, and Deckard Shaw, one of the franchise’s primary bad guys. The Crown actressVanessa Kirby will also star.
The Fast franchise’s veteran scribe Chris Morgan is writing the script, with Deadpool 2 director David Leitch set to helm.
Neal H. Moritz is producing.
Elba, who was last seen in theaters in Avengers: Infinity War, will next lead the fifth season of Luther and is currently in production on the Netflix comedy series Turn Up Charlie, which he created and will star in.
Universal is set to release Hobbs and Shaw on July 26, 2019.
