Episode 823
Hobbs & Shaw
Sun, 2019-Aug-04 01:57 UTC
Length - 2:23
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Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (also known simply as Hobbs & Shaw) is a 2019 American action film directed by David Leitch and written by Chris Morgan and Drew Pearce, from a story by Morgan. It is the 9th installment and a spin-off of The Fast and the Furious franchise centered around the titular Luke Hobbs and Deckard Shaw, characters introduced in the main series. Starring Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham as Hobbs and Shaw respectively, the film follows the unlikely allies who are forced to team up against a greater threat who is threatening the world with a deadly virus. Idris Elba, Vanessa Kirby, and Helen Mirren also star.
Series star and producer Vin Diesel first said in 2015 that possible spin-offs were in early development, and Hobbs & Shaw was officially announced in October 2017. Leitch signed on to direct in April 2018, and Kirby and Elba both joined the cast that July. Filming began in September and lasted through January 2019, mostly taking place in London and Glasgow.
Hobbs & Shaw premiered at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on July 13, 2019 and was theatrically released in the United States on August 2, 2019. SyFy Wire wrote that the film received praise for "the charisma of Johnson, Statham, and Kirby" as well as the "visual style and action choreography finesse" though some critics "had trouble getting past just how much the film was attempting to fit into its two-hour-and-15-minute runtime".
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:57 UTC on Sunday, 4 August 2019.
For the full current version of the article, see Hobbs & Shaw on Wikipedia.
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