BRIAN IS BACK

VIN Diesel has revealed that Brian O’Conner (famously played by the deceased Paul Walker) will be back in Fast X Part 2.

The 57-year-old Diesel took the stage at Fuel Fest in Pomona, California, on Saturday night, where he offered an update on the latest installment in the hit movie franchise Fast and Furious.

He was wearing a shirt that read, ‘Fast X Part 2 Los Angeles Production 2025’ while revealing his three demands to Universal Pictures for the final film.

Confirming the released date, Diesel said: “The studio said to me, ‘Vin, can we please have the finale of Fast and Furious [in] April 2027?

“I said, ‘Under three conditions’. First, is to bring the franchise back to LA! The second thing was to return to the car culture, to the street racing!’”

Diesel concluded: “The third thing was reuniting Dom and Brian O’Conner,” referring to the late Paul Walker’s beloved character.

Walker, 40, who played the character of Brian O’Connor in the Fast and Furious franchise, died on 30 November 2013 in a horrible car crash alongside Roger Rodas, 38, in California, after attending a charity even for victims of Typhoon Haiyan.

The UK Daily Mail reported that Diesel was joined on the Fuel Fest stage by co-star Tyrese Gibson, who shared a video of the fans screaming when Diesel mentioned his Dominic Torreto character’s reunion with Brian O’Conner (Walker).  

“That is what you’re gonna get in the finale! Love you!” Diesel concluded, as the video showed him giving Walker’s mother, Cheryl, a hug.

Walker was still filming 2015’s Furious 7 when he died tragically in California.

Production was halted for several months as the filmmakers tried to figure out how to deal with the Brian O'Connor character.

When filming resumed, they decided to ‘retire’ the character, having him drive off into the sunset, leaving his criminal crew behind to spend more time with his family, set to the iconic Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth song See You Again for a hartseer farewell.

They used the late actor’s brothers Cody and Caleb as stand-ins and digitally inserted Walker’s face on top of the brothers for the new shots.

Brian O’Conner has never been seen in any of the subsequent Fast & Furious films, though he has been mentioned and he’s still alive and well in the film universe.

It seems likely that they could either use unseen footage of Walker from the previous films or bring back Cody and Caleb Walker as stand-ins with Walker’s face digitally added like they did on Furious 7.