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As far-fetched as the Fast & Furious time travel theories may be, it seems like Fast & Furious 10 will revisit the franchise’s past in some form.

While the Fast and Furious time travel theories may be too far-fetched, Fast X seems to be revisiting the franchise’s past in some way. Following the announcement of several cast additions such as Brie Larson and Jason Momoa, plus the departure of Justin Lin from the project, not much has been revealed about Fast X . The tenth film in the Fast and Furious saga is set to be the beginning of the end for the series as Fast & Furious 11 will wrap up the stories of Dom Toretto and his family. That said, there have been enough teases for audiences to at least theorize what will Fast & Furious 10 be about.

After a set picture suggested that Dom’s old charger from The Fast and the Furious (2001) and Fast & Furious (2009) would make a comeback in Fast X , theories on Fast and Furious dealing with time travel gain some track. Although time travel might be too much even for Fast and Furious , it seems like the Fast & Furious 10 cast is playing with the idea of going back in time. Ludacris, who plays Tej in Fast and Furious , revealed in an Instagram stories that Tej will appear with his 2 Fast 2 Furious look at some point in Fast X . The caption chosen by Ludacris, “ History repeats itself #FastX”, further fuels the time travel theories.

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What Is Going On With Fast X’s Past Fast & Furious Films Tease?

Between Dom Toretto’s The Fast and the Furious car and Tej’s 2 Fast 2 Furious look, Fast X will likely revisit past Fast and Furious films in some form. That said, a few callbacks to the old Fast and Furious movies alone are not enough to affirm that Fast & Furious 10 will deal with time travel. Granted, F9 delivered on the “ Fast and Furious goes to space” theories, but time travel is a different story. The most likely explanation for Fast X ’s past Fast & Furious films tease is that the movie will flashback to key moments in the saga’s history. For example, Tej and Roman first met in 2 Fast 2 Furious .

Fast X’s Potential Flashbacks Can Revisit Fast & Furious’ History

As the second to last Fast and Furious movie, it would make sense for Fast X to revisit pivotal moments from the franchise through flashbacks. As a comparison, Avengers: Endgame , the conclusion to the MCU's first decade of movies , used its sci-fi setting to revisit the Avengers' history with the help of time travel. Fast & Furious 10 can accomplish a similar thing with no need for time travel – the flashbacks would be enough. Obviously, having new scenes set during the events of the old Fast and Furious movies could retcon the way audiences perceive those films, which is not necessarily a bad thing. F9 's Dom Toretto retcons may have been divisive, but if done right, flashbacks can add more context and nuance to key Fast and Furious moments.

More than two decades after Dom and Brian met in The Fast and the Furious (2001) , the Fast and Furious franchise's legacy is way too big to be revisited in just one movie. Still, having flashbacks in Fast X and perhaps in Fast & Furious 11 can solidify the films as a true finale – which is something Fast and Furious asks for. After many promises by Dominic Toretto of “one last ride” , Fast and Furious ’ actual final films need to feel like a celebration of the saga, and that is something Fast X ’s potential flashbacks can help achieve.

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Over the course of the past 21 years, the Fast and Furious franchise has transformed itself from a movie about street racing and boosting DVD players to one of today’s most profitable and off-the-wall cinematic experiences with a slew of sequels, spinoffs, television shows, video games, and more. During that time, the movies have also gone from moderate box office successes to absolute juggernauts , with Furious 7 and The Fate of the Furious both eclipsing the billion-dollar mark worldwide. Even F9: The Fast Saga , which was released in a pandemic, brought in a large chunk of change upon its June 2021 theatrical release. All of this is to say that the franchise is here to stay, for a few more movies at least, with its 10th main installment, now officially known as Fast X , on the way. But before you grab your Corona, Von Dutch shirts, and start tinkering with your Dodge Charger, here are some things you should know about the ridiculously expensive blockbuster . 

Fast X Will Be Released May 19, 2023

If we were living in an alternate reality, we would have already seen Fast X in theaters and on Blu-ray by now (it was originally slated to open on April 2, 2021), and would be talking about all the ways to watch it and other Fast and Furious movies streaming instead of discussing its upcoming debut. But this is some good news as Fast and Furious 10 is now set to be released on May 19, 2023, which seems like one hell of a way to kick off the summer Blockbuster season. 

Jason Momoa’s Fast X Character Is A Villain

Over the years, the Toretto crew has come face-to-face with its fair share of furious villains ranging from Johnny Tran in The Fast and the Furious to the Cipher, who has become a perennial thorn in the side of the gang since being introduced in The Fate of the Furious . This time around, Dom and company will add another foe to the rogue’s gallery with the introduction of Jason Momoa’s Dante , a mysterious, flamboyant, and incredibly explosive criminal mastermind with ties to the group’s past. In an interview with Total Film (via GamesRadar ) in February 2023, director Louis Leterrier confirmed that Dante is the son of Hernan Reyes’ the ruthless crime lord at the heart of Fast Five who was killed by the Toretto gang when they were carrying out the film’s memorable and over-the-top heist sequence, thus serving as a connection between Fast X and 2011’s Fast Five . And years after his family was destroyed, Dante is coming back to do the same to Dom Toretto and the rest of his family. 

The Fast X Trailer Teases The Toretto Crew’s Biggest Adventure Yet

After what seemed like months of eager anticipation, longtime fans of the Fast and Furious movies (and newcomers alike) finally got to see what lies ahead for the popular movie franchise with the debut of the explosive Fast X trailer in February 2023. The nearly four-minute trailer, which gave a lot of screen time to Jason Momoa ’s Dante, teased what could be some of the biggest stunts so far, including a daring chase scene through Rome while explosions and giant globes wreak havoc on the Italian capital. 

But the trailer wasn’t solely dedicated to Vin Diesel evading death at every quarter-mile, as it also laid out Dante’s motivations and his plan to get revenge against those who took so much from him more than a decade ago. A short follow-up trailer was released during Super Bowl LVII a couple of days later that offered up even more heart-pounding action sequences, including one that saw Diesel drive down an exploding dam.

Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Sung Kang And Other Members Of The Toretto Crew Are Returning

It is hard to say exactly how the ever-expanding Fast and Furious family will fit into the series’ 10th installment just yet but we do know that most of the major players introduced over the years will be back for exhilarating and one logic-defying car chase after another. In October 2020, Deadline reported that not only would Vin Diesel be returning as Dominic Toretto, but Michelle Rodriguez ’s Letty Ortiz, Tyrese Gibson ’s Roman Pearce, Chris “ Ludacris ” Bridges’ Tej Parker, Jordana Brewster ’s Mia Toretto, Nathalie Emmanuel’s Ramsey, and Sung Kang ’s Han Lue would all be back for another round of heart-stopping action as well. During a June 2021 interview with EW , Vin Diesel revealed that franchise newcomer Cardi B will be returning as Leysa in Fast and Furious 10 , this time with a more expanded role. In April 2022, The Wrap confirmed that Charlize Theron would be back again as Cipher, the cyber terrorist who is once again on the loose following the F9 ending . The release of the Fast X trailer also showed the return of John Cena’s Dominic Toretto, Jason Statham’s Deckard Shaw, and Helen Mirren’s Magdalene Shaw, who have all become major parts of the franchise in recent years. 

Jason Momoa, Brie Larson And Daniela Melchior Have All Joined The Fast X Cast

There is always room for more seats at Dominic Toretto’s table, and so it should come as no surprise that the Fast X cast just keeps getting bigger and bigger. In January 2022, it was revealed that Aquaman himself, Jason Momoa was joining the franchise in an unnamed antagonist (later confirmed to be a baddie named Dante), officially adding himself to the long list of furious villains that have tested the Toretto crew physically, mentally, and spiritually. In March 2022, Momoa described his character as "bit of a peacock" when speaking with Variety . More casting news came in March 2022 when it was revealed that The Suicide Squad breakout start Daniela Melchior joined the franchise in an undisclosed role. But DC doesn’t get to have all the fun in Fast X , as Captain Marvel star Brie Larson, who previously pitched herself for the franchise , was revealed to be joining the Fast X cast in an Instagram post by Vin Diesel. It has since been revealed that Larson will play a government agent of some sort named Tess, according to Empire Online . We will also be introduced to a new member of the Toretto family, as Rita Moreno is slated to appear as Dom's grandma. 

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Fast X Will Be The First Chapter Of The Franchise’s Two-Part Finale

Upon its release, Fast X will be a part of something much larger than one supersized action-adventure film; in fact, it will be the first chapter in a two-part finale for a franchise that kicked off 21 years ago. When news first surfaced that Universal Pictures was planning to complete the Fast and Furious franchise (at least the mainline series) in the very near future, Deadline reported that instead of taking a traditional sequel model for the final two installments, longtime franchise director Justin Lin would tell one big story over two movies, starting with Fast X . When speaking with Empire Online in February 2023, director Louis Leterrier teased that “a war” was brewing, which makes it seem like Fast X is just the beginning of the final chapter of the exciting action franchise. 

Vin Diesel Has Said Fast And Furious 10 Is Split In Two Because There’s So Much Ground To Cover

The Fast and Furious franchise isn’t for everyone, but no one can take anything away from the way the series has continued to up the ante over the years , going from the streets of Los Angeles to outer space and everywhere in between. This need to constantly up the bar is one of the reasons Vin Diesel said Fast X needs to be told over the course of two movies, as he explained at an April 2021 F9 trailer press conference (via GamesRadar+ ):

As you know, we get to travel to all these wonderful places. And they’re part of the reason why Fast [and Furious] 10 has to be broken into two different movies — it’s because there’s so much ground to cover. And there’s so many places in so many locations in the world that we have to visit.

This “so much ground to cover” statement carries a great deal of weight when you think about all the characters and stories that will need to be wrapped up, in addition to the locations, before the “Fast Saga” comes to a close.  

Louis Leterrier Has Replaced Justin Lin As The Fast X Director

On April 26, 2022, less than a week after production got started on Fast X , the film was dealt a major blow when its director Justin Lin stepped away from his duties behind the camera, which caused a pause in production. In a statement that was shared by Deadline , the director revealed that “with the support of Universal,” he made the “difficult decision” to exit the movie, though he would stay on as a producer. Lin has since gone on to find his first project following his Fast X departure.

The pause didn’t last all that long as Universal hired Louis Leterrier to replace Lin on Fast X in early May 2022, a little less than a week after the saga first began. According to Variety , Leterrier, whose previous efforts include The Incredible Hulk and Clash of the Titans , beat out several other candidates for the job. When promoting the upcoming Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves at San Diego Comic-Con 2022, Michelle Rodriguez sang Leterrier’s praises to The Hollywood Reporter , saying the French director brought an “energy of love” to the production and that the cast and crew were lucky to have him. 

Fast X Will Not See The Return Of Dwayne Johnson’s Luke Hobbs

As great as it would be to see Dominic Toretto and Luke Hobbs cross paths once more in the Fast and Furious franchise, it doesn’t look like it’s in the cards as Dwayne Johnson has stated that he will not be returning for Fast X or its follow-up. In July 2021, Johnson told The Hollywood Reporter he wished the cast and crew the best of luck on the Fast and Furious movies that “will be without” him. And I guess this means the franchise will miss an opportunity to have Johnson and John Cena face-off unless he shows up in Hobbs and Shaw 2 , if it happens.  

What's Expected Beyond The Fast And Furious Movies

Even though the mainline Fast and Furious story will be coming to a close following the release of the 10th and 11th films in the franchise, this doesn’t mean the universe that has been created and built up over the course of the past 20 years is going anywhere anytime soon. In fact, there are multiple spinoff movies in the works at this time. First, there’s the follow-up to the successful Hobbs and Shaw , which brought in $759 million worldwide in 2019, per Box Office Mojo . And while it remains unclear if we’ll get to see the odd couple of the action genre return for Hobbs and Shaw 2 , a sequel has been in the works going back to March 2020. Then there is the long-in-the-works female-led Fast and Furious spinoff, which admittedly sounds like the right call considering all of the great female characters introduced over the years. And judging by comments made by Universal Pictures Chairwoman Donna Langley in October 2022, this project is very much something the studio would like to  make a reality. When addressing the future of the Fast and Furious franchise during an June 2021 interview with Vulture , Vin Diesel touched on a potential story that has reportedly been discussed as far back as 2009’s Fast and Furious , but stopped short of saying if that story would be a prequel of spinoff, only saying: 

I will say that there is nothing that is off the table.

That same month, Diesel told Variety that he had writers working on a Fast and Furious spinoff centering on Charlize Theron’s character, Cipher, though there haven’t been any updates since. And then there were the comments Diesel made during a February 2023 Variety interview in which he said he wanted Robert Downey Jr. to be the “antithesis of Dom.”

Fast X’s Vin Diesel Teases The Franchise Saying Goodbye To Paul Walker’s Brian

Be on the lookout for more about Fast X in the coming weeks, as the promotional rollout will surely only get more intense between now and its May 19, 2023 release. In the meantime, take a look at the 2023 movie schedule to see what’s coming out on the road to Fast X or take a trip down memory lane by watching all the Fast and Furious movies streaming .

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Has the Fast & Furious franchise earned a victory lap? That’s the key question behind an appraisal of “Fast X,” a film that brazenly plays like a Greatest Hits collection from a hit artist. Not only does it directly link to the massive, franchise-turning “ Fast Five ” in its narrative, but it constantly recalls other films in this series either through direct mention or action beats designed to recall similar moments in movies like “ Fast & Furious 6 ,” “ Furious 7 ,” and “ The Fate of the Furious .” The script by Dan Mazeau and "Fast Five" director  Justin Lin (who left the film after creative differences and whose absence is felt in terms of action choreography) is like a snake eating its own tail, often playing like a parody of the franchise more than a new entry that cruises on its own four wheels. Even as it’s spinning through enjoyably goofy action set pieces, most of them enlivened greatly by a fun performance from Jason Momoa , there’s a desperate familiarity to all of “Fast X” that makes it even more like reheated leftovers than it has before. This is reportedly the start of a trilogy that will close the series. Let’s hope they come up with at least one fresh idea in the next two flicks.

Maybe it’s the leaden way in which director Louis Leterrier treats these beloved characters, but the opening scenes of “Fast X” are among the worst in all ten films, a cavalcade of conversations about family, legacy, and other FF tropes. It’s one thing for a character like Dom Toretto ( Vin Diesel ) to preach the importance of family, but it’s another with notes of Charlie Puth playing over gauzy shots of him looking at press stills of Paul Walker . There was an opportunity here to give us “Old Man Dom”—he is 56, after all—but it’s as if Diesel and his team have no idea what that looks like other than to make their tough guy a little wistful. There’s an odd construction to these early scenes that use the oft-parodied trope of Dom saying “family” as a constant whipping post. They diminish what these films were at their best (installments five through seven) by reducing Toretto and his gang to their most obvious qualities. No one expects great character depth at this point, but do we need so many scenes of Dom grunting "family" and looking worried when he sees his son ‘Little B’ ( Leo Abelo Perry )?

“Fast X” improves greatly when Momoa’s Dante Reyes begins his plan to torture Dom and his furious family. Roman ( Tyrese Gibson ), Tej (Ludacris), and Ramsey ( Nathalie Emmanuel ) head off to Rome on a mission, but it’s a trap designed by Reyes, the son of Hernan Reyes, who was killed when Dom and company rolled a safe through Rio in “Fast Five.” Dante says repeatedly that he doesn’t want to kill Dom; he wants him to suffer. That apparently entails an elaborate scheme to frame the gang as terrorists after a bomb explodes in the Italian capital. Following the construction of these films, at least since Vin and The Rock broke up, it’s just a way to divide the crew. Roman, Tej, Ramsey, and Han ( Sung Kang ) flee to London, where they run into Shaw ( Jason Statham ), of course. Letty ( Michelle Rodriguez ) ends up captured, and only Mr. Nobody’s daughter Tess ( Brie Larson ) and Cipher ( Charlize Theron ) can get her out. And that crowded synopsis doesn’t even include John Cena , Jordana Brewster , Daniela Melchior , Helen Mirren , Rita Moreno , or Alan Ritchson . It’s a crowded street race of a blockbuster.

And yet all of these famous faces are given so little to do. The Roman/Tej banter has never felt more tired; Moreno & Mirren each get one “supporting Dom” scene that sounds like A.I. wrote it; Cena gets trapped with Perry on an awkwardly conceived and executed road trip; only Theron and Rodriguez get to have any real fun in their subplot, fighting it out in one of the film’s best combat scenes. For the most part, “Fast X” is the Dom & Dante Show, and the film is at its most effective when it bounces Diesel & Momoa’s very different screen personas off each other. Diesel seems more stoic than ever while Momoa plays to the back row, going for flamboyant psychotic with every scene. He’s like a giant child in a superhero’s body, sticking out his tongue and gleefully hopping into chaos with a “Here we go!”

“Fast X” opens with a repurposing of one of the most famous scenes in the franchise from “Fast Five,” only inserting a de-aged Momoa into the action that fans remember. It’s almost as if that inciting idea became the creative force behind the entire film. Someone listed the best action scenes on a whiteboard and then asked how the energy of Momoa’s Dante could shift them. Sometimes it works. A drag race scene in Rio captures that more grounded energy from when the series was actually about people driving fast instead of defying physics. There’s a plane dropping a car again and harpoons with wires on the end. Even when the goofy action is working, it’s hard to shake the sense that all of “Fast X” is an echo of something you’ve seen before, and often done better with a director who understands stunt work and action geography better than the mediocre Leterrier. It doesn’t help that “Fast X” often looks poorly rendered in CGI terms, with actors more obviously against green-screen backgrounds than before. It reduces the stakes when we're clearly watching something that’s more visual effects than stunt work.

All of this “rock band encore with new pyrotechnics” approach becomes even less forgivable because of where “Fast X” lands. Or rather doesn’t. Without spoiling, Diesel has revealed that this is the start of a franchise-ending trilogy, and that information probably leaked pre-premiere to soften the blow of a blockbuster with no ending. I’m talking “ Avengers: Infinity War ” level climax here. Characters are left presumed dead, in jeopardy, and still divided. This movie's race down memory lane goes arguably nowhere, forcing fans to wait for satisfaction. It makes “Fast X” into less of a victory lap than a loud, expensive revving of engines that haven’t even crossed the starting line. It just adds to the sense that this isn’t so much about family or fun as it is finances.

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Fast X (2023)

Rated PG-13

142 minutes

Vin Diesel as Dominic Toretto

Michelle Rodriguez as Letty Ortiz

Tyrese Gibson as Roman Pearce

Ludacris as Tej Parker

Jason Momoa as Dante Reyes

Nathalie Emmanuel as Ramsey

Jordana Brewster as Mia Toretto

John Cena as Jakob Toretto

Jason Statham as Deckard Shaw

Sung Kang as Han Lue

Alan Ritchson as Agent Aimes

Daniela Melchior as Isabel

Scott Eastwood as Little Nobody

Helen Mirren as Magdalene 'Queenie' Shaw

Charlize Theron as Cipher

Brie Larson as Tess

Rita Moreno as Abuelita Toretto

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10 Fast X Reddit Theories That Actually Make Sense

Whether Redditors suggest that Fast & Furious characters return or major villains like Hobbs return, there are plenty of plausible Fast X theories.

Fast X is set to kick off the final chapter in the Fast and Furious saga, pitting Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and his crew against the villainous Dante Reyes (Jason Momoa). As the first of a three-part finale, Fast X is sure to alter the beloved franchise when it finally hits theaters on May 19th. With so many teases and loose plot threads, Redditors have been posting their theories on Fast X's plot.

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Several Fast and Furious fans have made a concerted effort to predict the film's events. Certain theories, like the return or deaths of major characters, might seem far-fetched. However, when fans consider the franchise's larger-than-life nature, some Reddit theories might just come true.

10 Luke Hobbs Will Finally Return In Fast X

One Fast and Furious fan on Reddit, Dulcolax , suggests that "the Rock returns in a post-credits scene" in Fast X . Dwayne Johnson's Luke Hobbs hasn't appeared in the franchise since 2019's Hobbs and Shaw, which seemingly ignited a feud behind the actor and Fast and Furious leading man Vin Diesel.

Given their Fast and Furious rivalry , it initially seemed quite unlikely that Hobbs would return for the franchise's final movies. However, according to several reports, Johnson might appear as Hobbs in Fast X 's post-credit scene. This teases his involvement in the upcoming eleventh installment of the franchise.

9 Fast X Could Kill Off Roman Or Tej

As the Fast and Furious franchise approaches its conclusion, it seems inevitable that Fast X will include at least one major death. Redditor Normannapier has their own theory about who might meet their end in the upcoming movie, writing " and talking about deaths in the film, I have a strong feeling that it's going to be either Roman or Tej ."

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Tyrese Gibson's Roman Pearce and Ludacris's Tej Parker have been staples of the franchise since 2 Fast 2 Furious , appearing in almost every film since. As such, their deaths would devastate fans and give the final story major stakes as their friends seek revenge against Dante and his allies.

8 Fast X Could Bring Back An OG Character

Fast and Furious fan nitewing86 suggests that " Jesse is alive, paralyzed, nearly dead, but kept alive by Eteon." They go on to explain that " Cipher and Letty find the headquarters/body in the Antarctic. " Chad Lindberg portrayed Jesse in the original Fast and Furious movie where a rival street-racing gang seemingly killed the character.

Fast and Furious has gone off the rails in recent years, so a return to its roots in the form of Jesse's homecoming would be a nice, grounding moment for the series. The character remains one of the few members of Dom's crew who died and hasn't yet returned to life, making him a popular choice for a long-awaited return in Fast X .

7 A Key Ally Could Betray Dom's Team

Redditor Dulcolax theorizes that Fast X will end with a major betrayal. They suggest that, " Mr. Nobody is teased in the final minutes once his daughter (played by Brie Larson) betrays the group and reveals everything was set up by him. "

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This theory would set up Kurt Russell's mysterious secret agent as the big bad of the entire franchise, aided by his daughter Tess. As over-the-top as this would be, Mr. Nobody being a villain actually makes sense, given his shady background. Moreover, Nobody's turn would be a satisfying way to tie together the final installments of the Fast and Furious franchise.

6 Fast X Could Include Brian O'Conner's Return

Redditor Majcvd49 has theorized Brian O'Conner could return in Fast X, as they have "a sneaking suspicion that Brian comes back [in Fast X ]." They note that both CGI and Deepfake technology have progressed to the point where Paul Walker could return posthumously, which "might be a disaster or might be epic."

Brian O'Conner is one of the best Fast and Furious characters, but if Fast X intends to bring the iconic character back, it would have to be with the utmost respect toward the late Paul Walker. The Fast & Furious installment should honor his legacy rather than cash in on it.

5 Fast X Could Bring Back Brixton Lore

Redditor Dulcolax echoes a major theory passing around the Fast and Furious fandom that suggests the return of a major franchise villain. They write, " it seems Idris Elba's villain from Hobbs and Shaw is making a return in this one. "

Elba's Brixton Lore was perhaps the strongest villain in the franchise, thanks to his cyborg enhancements. Although the leader of Eteon supposedly Brixton, death is rarely a permanent fixture in Fast and Furious . As such, Brixton's return could tie up the Eteon plot thread in the final installments of the franchise.

4 Fast X Could Bring Back Gal Gadot's Gisele

Several Fast and Furious deaths have proved reversible in Fast & Furious . As such, the owner of a deleted Reddit account posed a theory that Gal Gadot's Gisele Yashar could return in the final installments of the franchise. Fans presumed Gisele was dead after the events of Fast and Furious 6.

However, fans have never seen Gisele's body after her supposed death, making it very possible that she survived Fast and Furious 6 . However, writers may want to set Gisele's return apart from other characters who have cheated death, like Han and Letty. To do so, Gisele could return as an enemy.

3 Deckard Shaw Will Redeem Himself In Fast X

NotYourMovieBuff has theorized about Deckard Shaw's fate in Fast X . They suggest that " Deckard Shaw will sacrifice himself to save Han during their car chase sequence, " effectively redeeming himself for supposedly killing Han in Furious 7 . They then go on to theorize that his brother " Owen Shaw will come back to Fast 11 for revenge. "

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Deckard Shaw's redemption has been a controversial element of recent Fast and Furious movies, with many viewers feeling that it doesn't make sense. However, if Shaw were to sacrifice his life for Han, it would finally canonize him as a hero in his final moments.

2 Fast X Will Reveal The Final Villain

Redditor whoisape has a well-planned theory suggesting that Fast X will reveal the mysterious company Eteon as the main villain of the franchise. The Reddit user points out that Mr. Nobody's Agency is at war with some shadowy organization. They also suggest that Robert Downey Jr. will be the head of Eteon.

As far-fetched as this theory may initially seem, Eteon remains one of the biggest loose threads in Fast and Furious , as there has been no indication of who its mysterious leader is. While Robert Downey Jr. is a tremendous casting reach for any franchise, it is worth noting that Vin Diesel supports this casting theory, lending credence to the idea.

1 Fast X May End On A Major Cliffhanger

Redditor Correct_Profession echoes a sentiment that Fast X will end on a massive cliffhanger, which will set up the final two installments of the franchise. As such, they write that they hope "it’s like Infinity War where all seemed lost."

With at least two more installments planned, a cliffhanger ending is inevitable for Fast X . However, an Avengers: Infinity War -style ending, where the villain is categorically victorious, may also be on the table for the film. With Jason Momoa's Dante set up to be a massive threat, he may just defeat Dom and the crew in Fast X .

NEXT: 9 Harsh Realities Of Being A Fast & Furious Fan

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Fast forward: How we learned to love time travel

A classic H. G. Wells story and key mathematics made time travel such a popular idea that it fundamentally changed our thinking, argues James Gleick in Time Travel: A history

By Jonathon Keats

7 September 2016

The time travel trope can be traced to H. G, Wells’s The Time Machine

Ronald Grant Archive

ON 28 June 2009, at 1200 UTC, Stephen Hawking hosted a party for time travellers at the University of Cambridge. Among the careful preparations, the most important was to invite guests only after the event had taken place. Much to Hawking’s disappointment, nobody showed up.

Travelling through time may never be feasible, but it remains a perennially popular topic in science fiction, philosophy and theoretical physics. In Time Travel , James Gleick provides an absorbing history of the idea, eloquently elucidating the reasons for its enduring appeal.

The concept of time travel is surprisingly recent. “Though the ancients imagined immortality and rebirth and lands of the dead,” Gleick observes, “time machines were beyond their ken.” In fact, he traces the trope back to a single work of fiction: The Time Machine , written by H. G. Wells between 1888 and 1895.

It tells of an unnamed time traveller who rides into the future on an apparatus resembling a bicycle. His voyage is made possible by the fact “there is no difference between Time and any of the three dimensions of Space except that our consciousness moves along it” (as the Traveller helpfully explains to his temporally challenged friends).

His reasoning (and Wells’s story) were inspired by the investigations of 19th-century mathematicians such as Bernhard Riemann. But as Gleick observes, Wells’s vision was equally driven by technology: “Time became vivid, concrete, and spatial to anyone who saw the railroad smashing across distances on a coordinated schedule.”

If the literary roots of time travel are The Time Machine , then scientific interest originated with Einstein’s special theory of relativity, published in 1905. In Gleick’s account, these two foundations were mutually reinforcing. Science gave credibility to the fiction, which made the science more accessible. The combination was so potent, and expanded so quickly, that time travel began to seem like a truly timeless principle.

“Today the time machine is no longer obligatory to the game of altering the past – it has been internalised“

Gleick traces its literary pedigree, sometimes to the point of tedium, from Wells to writers such as Robert Heinlein and Jorge Luis Borges. He also delves into pop culture, ranging from Star Trek to Woody Allen.

Then there’s the science. While Einstein remained sceptical of voyaging through the space-time continuum, his close friend Kurt Gödel mathematically described an alternate universe in which time warped to loop back on itself. Gödel gave the calculation to Einstein for his 70th birthday, often checking later whether his theory had been proven.

It wasn’t, but Gödel’s “closed time-like curves” continued to bedevil physics long after his death, ultimately inspiring a rebuttal by Hawking, who claimed that time loops violated established laws of physics. Hawking organised his Cambridge party as experimental evidence.

Whether or not Hawking has the final say, the concept of time travel has proven phenomenally productive. Within physics, Gleick captures some of the intellectual ferment in his account of the debate about whether time is an illusion. Within literature, he’s particularly incisive in his account of alternative histories, which originated as an accident of time travel. “Travel to the past begins as tourism in the extreme,” he writes. But the sightseers “start tinkering”. Eventually they aim at history’s greatest villains, and murder Hitler, or slay his mother.

Beyond the adrenaline, what makes this compelling is the chance to imagine what might have been. Counterfactual narratives let us examine the past more speculatively, and explore how things can go awry in the present. Is despotism a function of personal charisma or socio-economic conditions? How do we prevent a holocaust? “Nodal points must exist,” says Gleick, “just not… where we think.”

Today the time machine is no longer obligatory. The game of altering the past has been so internalised that Gleick suggests the notion of time travel has fundamentally changed the way we think.

To illustrate, he cites our habit of burying time capsules. Only since the 20th century have we sought ways to communicate with the future. Now we tend to interpret any box of coins found under a cornerstone as an effort by ancestors to send us a message. In fact, those old cornerstone caches were votive offerings, not meant to be discovered.

In contrast to his enthusiasm for SF, Gleick finds a time capsule “a tragicomic time machine”, moving through time at a rate of one second per second. Few capsules survive, he notes, and why should the future care about us in the first place?

But here Gleick neglects the wisdom of his book, forgetting that time travel is experienced in the traveller’s present. Time machines are instruments for exploring the past and future, to augment our current knowledge or enrich our lived experience. Placing items in a time capsule is an opportunity for self-appraisal. Considering how we would like to be perceived by the future is a way of examining what we most cherish.

Time Travel: A history

James Gleick

Random House

This article appeared in print under the headline “Fast forward”

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