All About the 'Fast X' Family
Grab a Corona and rev your engines for a spoiler-filled refresher about this soap opera on wheels. In the tenth Fast & Furious film, Jason Momoa plays Dante Reyes, son of Brazilian kingpin Hernán Reyes, whose check Dom and Brian cashed with his own bank vault in Fast Five. Dante wants revenge, so he teams with cyberterrorist Cipher (Charlize Theron) to take down Dom. Criminal mastermind of The Fate of the Furious, Cipher, recruited Dom's long-lost brother, Jakob (John Cena), for F9. But Furious bad guys love becoming Fast friends, so Jakob is back in the family for X. Brie Larson joins the good guys' side as Tess, who we can assume is the sister of Brian O'Conner. Brian was played by Paul Walker until his untimely death during the making of Furious 7. F&F has yet to explore Brian's side of the family beyond glimpses of his children with Dom's sister, Mia (Jordana Brewster). And speaking of kids, Dom's son, also named Brian (Leo Abelo Perry), is back and in the line of fire. Brian's mother, Elena (Elsa Pataky), was the former Rio Military Police officer who joined Dom's crew in Fast Five before being murdered by Cipher's henchman in the 8th film, The Fate of the Furious. Dom has been raising Lil Brian with the once-dead, then once-amnesia'd Letty (Michelle Rodriguez). He'll also have an assist from his grandma, Abuelita Toretto, being played by the iconic Rita Moreno. Moreno joins new castmates Daniela Melchior, who plays a Brazilian street racer with a connection to Dom, and perhaps with a connection to Elena, who was also from Brazil. And Alan Ritchson, who plays Aimes, apparently a replacement for Dwayne Johnson's Hobbs. Johnson could not be convinced to return to the F&F franchise despite Vin Diesel's public pleas. Tej (Ludacris) and Roman (Tyrese Gibson) return from outer space to find their place in this wild world, while Han (Sung Kang) looks to settle the score with Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham) and his mom, Queenie (Helen Mirren). Fast X hits theaters in May.