Quick & Livid longtime director Justin Lin abruptly departed Quick X, Common’s tenth installment of the franchise, and now he’s addressing the choice.
The Quick Saga was speculated to embark on its closing journey with Quick X, and Justin Lin was set to helm the tenth installment of the franchise. Nevertheless, the director abruptly dropped out of the movie in April 2022, a 12 months earlier than the film’s premiere in Could 2023. There have been a number of speculations about his departure, together with a conflict with lead star Vin Diesel, who performs Dominic Toretto. Now the director has opened up about his sudden departure whereas chatting with Josh Horowitz on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, highlighting that he has “nothing however love for the solid.”

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“I look again now, it’s like a 12 months and a half, there’s nothing however love for the solid. Everybody jokes about household, household, household, that’s how I really feel,” Lin revealed. “This can be a loopy enterprise, and to have the ability to undergo 15 to 18 years with a gaggle of individuals and to have the ability to simply develop collectively, it’s very particular.
“The studio has been nothing however trusting. It actually simply means all the things to me. Whether or not I prefer it or not, I’m going to be linked to this franchise. Even after I was away between 6 and 9, I’m all the time rooting for it. There’s nothing however positivity,” Lin continued. “No matter drama… I’m simply type of bummed it needed to get out within the public. I’d moderately have the characters communicate for the franchise. No matter occurred, it shouldn’t be necessary. I used to be there, no matter they wanted, no matter Louis [Leterrier] or anyone…I simply wish to be supportive. I believe that’s the spirit of that state of affairs and general, that’s necessary to me.”

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His reply would not verify or deny a feud with Vin Diesel due to his habits on Quick X‘s set. Nevertheless, his surprising departure suggests there was one thing severe sufficient for him to take this resolution. Now that sufficient time has handed, the director’s feedback do not appear to clear the air, and it may be a very long time earlier than the reality comes out.
How Quick X Continued
Following Lin’s departure, Now You See Me‘s Louis Leterrier went on to interchange him. Lin joined the franchise within the third installment, The Quick and the Livid: Tokyo Drift, and returned in 2009 for the fourth installment, Quick & Livid, in addition to 2011’s Quick 5, and Quick & Livid 6. He stepped away for the seventh and eighth installments, returning in 2011 for F9.
Lin was speculated to movie the 2 back-to-back Quick X and Quick 11 however was changed by Leterrier, who can even helm the upcoming Quick & Livid 11. The tenth installment went on to gross $714.5 million on the worldwide field workplace (by way of The Numbers) in opposition to a funds of $340 million, regardless of its blended vital response. The movie ended with a serious cliffhanger, with Diesel’s Toretto and his son, Leo Abelo Perry’s Little Brian’s destiny on the road after Jason Momoa’s villain Dante Reyes destroyed the dam subsequent to them and crashed Dom’s household’s airplane.
Quick 11 is meant to premiere on April 4, 2025, and may tie all of the free ends within the closing chapter. Nevertheless, Diesel hinted that the upcoming installment may not be the final one and that it will finish the collection as a threequel with the rumored Quick 12.
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Quick X
- Launch Date
- Could 19, 2023
- Director
- Louis Leterrier , Justin Lin
- Solid
- Vin Diesel , Michelle Rodriguez , Jason Statham , Jordana Brewster , Tyrese Gibson , Ludacris , Nathalie Emmanuel , Charlize Theron
- Runtime
- 2 hours 21 minutes
- Essential Style
- Motion