The Fate of the Furious alternatively known as Fast Furious 8 and Fast 8, and often stylized as F8 is a 2017 American action film directed by F. Gary Gray and written by Chris Morgan . It is the eighth installment in The Fast and the Furious. The film stars Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Ludacris, Scott Eastwood, Nathalie Emmanuel, Elsa Pataky, Kurt Russell and Charlize Theron. The Fate of the Furious follows Dominic Toretto , who has settled down with his wife Letty , until Cyberterrorism Cipher coerces him into working for her and turns him against his team, forcing them to find Dom and take down Cipher.
The Fate of the Furious marks the first installment in the franchise since The Fast and the Furious Tokyo Drift not to star both Paul Walker, who died in a single-vehicle crash on November 30, 2013 while filming Furious 7 , and Jordana Brewster following script rewrites to the seventh installment after Walker's death which completed the story arcs for both of their characters Brian O'Conner and Mia Toretto, respectively, both characters were retired.
Plans for an eighth installment were first announced in March 2015 when Diesel appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live and announced that the film would be set in New York City. Preparations for the film began immediately after the release of Furious 7, with Diesel, Morgan and producer Neal H. Moritz re-signing. After setting an initial release date in the same month, casting took place between April and June 2015. In October 2015, Gray was announced to direct the film in the place of James Wan, who had directed the previous installment.