‘Fast & Furious’ Spin-Off, ‘Hobbs & Shaw’, Ready to Race to a #1 Weekend Finish

It’s time to get Fast & Furious in theaters once again, though this time the whole gang isn’t here as Universal has spun-off from the primary franchise with the characters played by Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham in Hobbs & Shaw.

The film will easily take the #1 spot at this weekend’s box office followed by the continued success of Disney’s The Lion King.

Additionally, eyes will be on Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, eager to see how the film follows up the director’s largest opening to date.

It has been two years since the last Fast & Furious film and, in some ways, it won’t be for another year that we actually get a “true” Fast & Furious film as this weekend’s Hobbs & Shaw is a spin-off with characters introduced well after the franchise got its start 18 years ago.

Starring Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham as the title characters,

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