Jason Statham on ‘Hobbs & Shaw 2’ and His Future in the ‘Fast & Furious’ Franchise

Jason Statham made a huge splash in his first appearance in the Fast and Furious franchise, showing up in an end-credits cameo for Fast & Furious 6, in which he seemed to kill fan-favorite character Han (Sung Kang). Since that first appearance, Statham’s Deckard Shaw has been a major part of the series, first as a villain in Furious 7, then winning over the F&F crew in The Fate of the Furious. Statham even co-starred with Dwayne Johnson in the spinoff film, Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw. When asked about the status of Hobbs & Shaw 2 when we spoke to him for Guy Ritchie’s Wrath of Man, Statham said that of the highly anticipated sequel, “Hundreds of millions get spend on making the movie and promoting the movie, so they have to have a good script. We’re motivated to do something about that; we’re waiting for the knock on the door, essentially.” Despite Statham being in every Fast and Furious movie since Fast & Furious 6, Statham won’t be appearing in the upcoming F9. With the franchise supposedly wra