F9 is a 2021 action film directed by Justin Lin, who co-wrote the screenplay with Daniel Casey. It is the ninth installment and the sequel to The Fate of the Furious (2017) and Hobbs & Shaw (2019), and the overall tenth installment in the Fast & Furious franchise. It stars Vin Diesel as Dominic "Dom" Toretto, alongside Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, John Cena, Nathalie Emmanuel, Jordana Brewster, Sung Kang, Michael Rooker, Helen Mirren, Kurt Russell, and Charlize Theron. In the film, Dom and his team aim to stop Otto (Rasmussen), the son of a wealthy head of state, from activating Project Aries, a dangerous advanced weapons program.