The Rock is back!
Dwayne Johnson announced his surprise return to the “Fast and Furious” franchise after burying the hatchet with former rival Vin Diesel.
Johnson last appeared within the “Fast & Furious” spin-off “Hobbs & Shaw” alongside Jason Statham in 2019.
Prior to his change of heart, the actor has repeatedly insisted that there was “no probability” of him ever being back within the franchise.
He entered the franchise in 2011 when he played DSS agent Luke Hobbs in “Fast Five,” and he then went on to look in 2013’s “Fast & Furious 6,” 2015’s “Furious 7,” and 2017’s “The Fate of the Furious.”
Taking to Twitter Thursday, Johnson said that he and Diesel have “put all of the past behind us” as he gears as much as reprise Hobbs.
“Hope you’ve got your funderwear on… HOBBS IS BACK,” he tweeted. “And he just got lei’d. Luke Hobbs can be returning to the Fast & Furious franchise. Your reactions world wide to Hobbs’ return in Fast X have blown us away.”
“The following Fast & Furious film you’ll see the legendary lawman in can be the HOBBS movie that can function a fresh, recent chapter & arrange for FASTX: Part II,” he added.
Johnson went on to say, “Last summer Vin and I put all of the past behind us. We’ll lead with brotherhood and resolve – and at all times care for the franchise, characters & FANS that we love.”
“I’ve built my profession on an ‘Audience First’ mentality and that can at all times function my North Star,” he added.
The pair’s feud began in 2016 when Johnson called out an unnamed male co-star as a “candy ass.”
While their beef appeared to have been squished over in 2019, Johnson publicly revealed in 2021 that he would now not be a part of the “Fast & Furious” family after Diesel made comments that he had to point out Johnson “tough love” to get the performance they wanted out of him.
After Diesel posted publicly asking Johnson to return to the franchise, the actor called his move “an example of his manipulation.”
“I used to be very surprised by Vin’s recent post,” Johnson told CNN in 2021. “This past June, when Vin and I actually connected not over social media, I told him directly – and privately – that I might not be returning to the franchise.
“I used to be firm yet cordial with my words and said that I might at all times be supportive of the solid and at all times root for the franchise to achieve success, but that there was no probability I might return. I privately spoke with my partners at Universal as well, all of whom were very supportive as they understand the issue.”
