Ludacris Hints Next Fast and Furious Film Is Going to Be a ‘Big One’ for Franchise’s 25th Anniversary (Exclusive)

Ludacris hints that the Fast and Furious franchise will end with a bang next summer.

At the recent Waymo x Uber event, Ludacris spoke exclusively to PEOPLE about the new partnership and all of his exciting projects in the works.

Along with “new music,” the rapper says he is working on “one more Fast and Furious because it’s [the] 25-year anniversary” next year. The original movie came out in June 2001, and the final film is rumored to come out around the same month in 2026.

“So those are the two big things right now,” Ludacris, 47, says. “But that whole 25-year anniversary is definitely a big one.”

Ludacris — whose real name is Christopher Bridges —  has been playing the character Tej Parker in Vin Diesel’s immensely popular action movie franchise since 2003’s 2 Fast 2 Furious. He most recently reprised the role in 2023’s Fast X.

“A lot of other franchises, they may end, but they don’t really end,” Ludacris told PEOPLE in 2024. “It’s almost like the beginning of something new, so I don’t feel like it’ll ever truly end either, but you never know.”

In the same interview in 2024, the rapper hinted at the fact that Fast X might not be the last movie. 

“The last one was open-ended, so to speak. It kind of left people hanging,” he told PEOPLE. “I feel like we are definitely going to come back at some point very soon to surprise everyone. Will it be the last? I don’t know, but we shall see.”

Fast X made $704.8 million at the worldwide box office upon its release in May 2023. The series remains particularly popular internationally and made 79.3% of that box office gross overseas, per Box Office Mojo.

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The franchise also stars Diesel, the late Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson and Dwayne Johnson.  

Fast X: Part 2 will serve as the sequel to 2023’s Fast X. The next film is rumored to function as the franchise’s final entry.

Diesel and Brewster portray the sibling duo Dom Toretto and Mia Toretto across the series. Diesel has referred to the upcoming movie as a “finale” since February 2024, when he teased fans about progress on the sequel after attending a production meeting.

“This grand finale is not just an ending; it’s a celebration of the incredible family we’ve built together,” he wrote on Instagram at that time.

Fast X: Part 2 does not have an official release date.