New details about Fast & Furious 11 suggest that the franchise’s final movie will ruin the ending of 2023’s Fast X. Since the ending of Fast X included a major cliffhanger, most fans ᴀssumed that there was a plan for the final movie in the long-running series. However, after the release of Fast X in May 2023, there were no updates on the upcoming Fast & Furious 11 for a long time.
The lack of updates about Fast & Furious 11 made many fans concerned about the franchise, with some even thinking the movie might never get made. However, thankfully, franchise star Vin Diesel recently revealed some new details about Fast & Furious 11’s story. Appearing at FuelFest in June 2025, Diesel confirmed that the series’ next movie will feature Brian O’Conner and a lot of street racing.
Additionally, the actor announced that Fast & Furious 11 will be released in April 2027. Therefore, over two years after the release of Fast X, fans finally have something to look forward to. However, based on these details, it seems like Fast & Furious 11 might ruin the cliffhanger ending of Fast X.
Fast & Furious 11’s Early Details Suggest It’s Mostly Ignoring Fast X’s Cliffhanger
Fast & Furious 11 Will Seemingly Be More Grounded
Initially, it seemed like Fast X was designed to be the first part of a larger story that was meant to end the popular franchise. In press interviews before the release of Fast X, even Diesel made it sound like this was the case. Because of this, I didn’t mind the movie ending on a cliffhanger. In fact, it made me even more excited about the franchise’s final film.
At the end of Fast X, Dom and his son, Little B, survive a dam explosion, but are surrounded by water and know Dante won’t stop coming after them. Additionally, it was suggested that major characters like Roman, Tej, Ramsey, and Han died in a plane crash. Furthermore, the ending of the tenth film featured the returns of both Dwayne Johnson’s Luke Hobbs and Gal Gadot’s Gisele Yashar.
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Every Fast & Furious Movie |
RT Critics Score |
|---|---|
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The Fast and the Furious (2001) |
55% |
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2 Fast 2 Furious (2003) |
37% |
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The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) |
38% |
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Fast & Furious (2009) |
29% |
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Fast Five (2011) |
78% |
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Fast & Furious 6 (2013) |
71% |
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Furious 7 (2015) |
82% |
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The Fate of the Furious (2017) |
67% |
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Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019) |
67% |
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F9: The Fast Saga (2021) |
59% |
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Fast X (2023) |
56% |
Therefore, practically every storyline in Fast X ended on a cliffhanger. However, it unfortunately doesn’t seem like things will be properly resolved in Fast & Furious 11. With these new details about the plot of the final film, it is now clearer than ever that there was never a solid plan in place for Fast & Furious 11 before the release of Fast X, which is why the film has been in development for so long.
Obviously, the next movie will have to deal with Fast X’s cliffhanger to some degree. However, based on Diesel’s claim that Fast & Furious 11 will be set in Los Angeles, it doesn’t seem like it will pick up immediately after the cliffhanger. If I had to guess, Fast X’s ending will be resolved in some brief flashback scenes, which would be disappointing.
If Fast & Furious 11 does indeed move on from the cliffhanger very quickly, it will confirm that it was never really that important in the first place. This will make Fast X much worse on a rewatch, since it is one of the only films in the series that ends on a cliffhanger, and negatively affect the overall impact of the franchise’s conclusion.
Fast 11 Could Make Fast X’s Cliffhanger One Of The Franchise’s Worst Decisions
Fast X’s Cliffhanger Has Created Many Obstacles
Even though the dramatic cliffhanger was somewhat exciting when Fast X was first released, it has become clear that it could end up being one of the franchise’s worst decisions. Fast X never should have ended on a cliffhanger if Diesel and the rest of the creative team didn’t have a solid idea for Fast & Furious 11.
It’s now obviously far too late to go back and change the ending of Fast X, but Fast & Furious 11 could at least try to address it in a satisfying manner. In a perfect world, the next movie would pick up right after the ending of Fast X and show all the characters reuniting. In particular, it at least needs to show how Roman, Tej, Ramsey, and Han survive the plane crash, rather than just including a time jump and having them be safe in Los Angeles.
Instead of properly continuing the story of the franchise, it honestly seems like Diesel is uninterested in the over-the-top ending of Fast X and instead wants to return to the franchise’s roots.
Picking up right after the events of Fast X does pose a problem, since the actor who plays Little B is now much older. This would be distracting, but the creative team should have thought about this when they were filming Fast X. Overall, even though some of Diesel’s announcements are exciting, it’s ridiculous to expect fans to simply sit back and enjoy a movie that doesn’t properly resolve Fast X’s cliffhanger ending.
Unfortunately, it seems like this is exactly what Diesel expects fans to do. Instead of properly continuing the story of the franchise, it honestly seems like Diesel is uninterested in the over-the-top ending of Fast X and instead wants to return to the franchise’s roots. On one hand, this is understandable, especially since fans have been asking for more street racing for years.
However, moving on from the cliffhanger so quickly will be doing a major disservice to Fast X, which is actually one of the best films in the franchise. Personally, dismissing Fast X’s ending could ruin Fast & Furious 11 for me, which is a shame since I want a satisfying conclusion. Overall, these new details about Fast & Furious 11 truly make it seem like ending Fast X on a cliffhanger will age terribly, and make me less inclined to revisit the franchise in the future.
