Fast & Furious Presents Hobbs & Shaw

THE FAST & FURIOUS FRANCHISE HAS TWO new stars behind the wheel. After eight films, the series is turning the ignition on its first spin-off, uniting fan-favorite characters Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) and Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham).

- Devan Coggan

Their first meeting back in 2015’s Furious 7 resulted in a fistfight and a hospitalization, but since then Hobbs and Shaw have formed a reluctant alliance whenever the world needs saving. In this new film, the globe is unsurprisingly once again in peril, forcing the super-skilled odd couple to work closer than ever. They’re both virtually indestructible heroes who know their way around a bad-guy brawl or a car chase, and they both sport identical hair (or lack thereof). The similarities, however, end there: Hobbs is a straitlaced lawman of Samoan descent who’ll stop at nothing to see his foes brought to justice. Shaw is a slippery Brit with a not-so-sparkling past, and he’s more than willing to bend the rules if it serves his own interests. “I think people like to see oil and water have to merge,” Statham tells EW with a laugh. “These characters are bigger and larger than life, so to try to cork up their egos to work together is not an easy task.”