*Vin Diesel just read Fast Forever and wants you emotional about 2001 first. On Instagram, Dom’s steward posted the original The Fast and the Furious* trailer alongside the franchise’s locked finale date, then dropped the kind of script praise producers only use when they want March 2028 to feel inevitable.
You have no idea… When March 17th 2028 comes… you will thank God you got to see the First one in the theaters this summer. I just read the Fast Forever script by Mike Leslie. It is the best script I have read in decades. I am still crying…
That is Diesel, in his own words, pairing the August 21, 2026 theatrical return of the 2001 film with the March 17, 2028 release of Fast Forever. Believe the calendar. Treat the tears as marketing until cameras roll.
The two dates that actually matter
| Event | When | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| *The Fast and the Furious* 25th anniversary re-release | **Aug 21–27, 2026** (week-long theatrical) | Rob Cohen’s 2001 original back on the big screen ([Cinemark listing](https://www.cinemark.com/movies/the-fast-and-the-furious-25th-anniversary)) |
| Remastered 4K home release | **Aug 25, 2026** | Universal Home Entertainment 4K UHD / Steelbook with new Cannes retrospective ([studio press](https://www.universalpicturesathome.com/press-release/the-fast-and-the-furious-25th-anniversary-press-release)) |
| *Fast Forever* | **March 17, 2028** | Universal-dated saga closer (Diesel’s “finale” framing) |
Universal’s anniversary trailer is already the nostalgia bait:
