Over a year after F9 was originally set to arrive in theaters, the ninth installment in the Fast & Furious saga has announced its new release date June 25th and with it a new trailer for the blockbuster.
The first trailer for F9 was unveiled way back in January 2020, prior to the pandemic. Nearly 15 months later, the latest preview offers three minutes of non-stop action in order to entice fans back to their local multiplexes to see the sequel, which pits Vin Diesel’s Dom Toretto against his own brother, played by John Cena.
The new trailer builds on what we saw in the first couple of teasers. Namely, we get confirmation of a new villain – John Cena as Jakob Torretto, Dom’s little brother (because of course John Cena is Vin Diesel’s baby bro since The Rock isn’t in this one). The official synopsis from Universal is as follows:
F9 sees the return of Justin Lin as director, who helmed the third, fourth, fifth and sixth chapters of the series when it transformed into a global blockbuster. The action hurtles around the globe from London to Tokyo, from Central America to Edinburgh, and from a secret bunker in Azerbaijan to the teeming streets of Tbilisi. Along the way, old friends will be resurrected, old foes will return, history will be rewritten, and the true meaning of family will be tested like never before.
F9 was originally slated to arrive in April 2019 but was bumped a couple of times to give other movies more screen time. Then, the pandemic happened, pushing it back a third time. Barring no more delays, the movie is scheduled to premiere in the US on June 25, 2021.
