‘Fast & Furious 9’ release pushed back a year to 2020

The Fast and the Furious team is putting the brakes on the ninth instalment in the franchise. Universal Pictures said on Wednesday that the film’s release will move back a year to April 10, 2020.

It was originally set for release in April 2019. The studio did not offer a reason for the shift.

The latest film in the action series, The Fate of the Furious came out earlier this year and went on to gross around $1.2 billion (Dh4.4 billion) worldwide.