First FAST AND FURIOUS Director Rob Cohen Wants To Direct The Franchise's Final Movie

He helmed the very first Fast and Furious film back in 2001, and now Rob Cohen wants to return to the franchise to direct the final Fast and Furious film when the time comes.

In an interview with ScreenCrush, Cohen made that revelation: “I always wished Universal would come back to me to direct the last one.” But as of now, there is no end game in sight for Universal's billion-dollar franchise. And even if the current Furious cast wants to call it quits, there is no doubt Universal will find ways to keep the brand alive. There is, after all, an upcoming Fast and Furious spin-off currently in the works starring Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham. 

Cohen also had some thoughts on the series in general, saying:

“The franchise went from a Los Angeles story built around a family of multicultural brothers and sisters to what I’ll call “pure spectacle.” The beauty is that the audience has ridden along with it for these 18 years. I’m very proud that the characters I created in 2001 are still in the lexicon. There‘s still a Dominic Toretto appearing every two years, or a Mia Toretto, or a Letty. It had to evolve, and it evolved in a way that was ultra-worldwide commercial. And the heartbeat of it is: We live in a world with no gravity, cars can do anything. They can burst out of the nose of airplanes. People can jump across freeways. They can take down helicopters. It’s like, “Okay, anything for the spectacle.”

Cohen is currently doing press promoting his upcoming disaster epic Hurricane Heist. He has had a pretty diverse career, directing films like the Sylvester Stallone's Daylight, the Sean Connery as a dragon movie Dragonheart, and the Jennifer Lopez thriller The Boy Next Door. 

What do you think, would you want to see Cohen return?