With a ninth film planned since 2014, Lin was confirmed as director in October 2017, returning to the franchise since last directing Fast & Furious 6 (2013). F9 is the first film in the franchise since The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) not written by Chris Morgan. Dwayne Johnson, who appeared in the previous four films, was announced to return in April 2017, but confirmed his absence in January 2019. The rest of the cast was finalized with the addition of Cena six months later. Brian Tyler returned to compose the score.

Fast & Furious 9: The Real-Life Partners Revealed:

Cast F9:

• Vin Diesel as Dominic Toretto: A former criminal and professional street racer
• Michelle Rodriguez as Letty Ortiz-Toretto:
• Tyrese Gibson as Roman Pearce:
• Chris “Ludacris” Bridges as Tej Parker:
• John Cena as Jakob Toretto:
• Nathalie Emmanuel as Ramsey: A British computer hacktivist
• Jordana Brewster as Mia Toretto:
• Sung Kang as Han Lue:
• Michael Rooker as Buddy:
• Helen Mirren as Magdalene “Queenie”
• Kurt Russell as Mr. Nobody:
• Charlize Theron as Cipher:
• Thue Ersted Rasmussen as Otto: a son of an aristocrat
• Anna Sawai as Elle: