Vin Diesel simply gave Quick & Livid followers an enormous replace on the franchise’s remaining movie — and it might embody a reunion between Dominic Toretto and the late Paul Walker‘s character, Brian O’Conner.

Diesel, who has performed Dom for the reason that franchise started, made the emotional reveal throughout an look at Gas Fest, the automobile and music occasion hosted by Paul’s brother, Cody Walker.

“Simply yesterday I used to be with Common Studios…” Diesel started, earlier than revealing a launch timeline for the upcoming movie. “The studio mentioned to me, ‘Vin, can we please have the finale of Quick & Livid [in] April 2027?’ I mentioned, ‘Beneath three situations as a result of I have been listening to my fan base.’”

“The primary is to carry the franchise again to L.A.,” he defined. “The second factor was to return to the automobile tradition, to the road racing.”

And the third, in fact, is to see Brian again on display.

“The third factor was reuniting Dom and Brian O’Conner,” he mentioned. “That’s what you are going to get within the finale.”

Paul, who performed Brian, tragically handed away in a automobile crash in November 2013, on the age of 40. On the time, he had been filming Quick & Livid 7.

The film finally gave Brian a heartfelt sendoff, with Dom and Brian parting methods in one of many franchise’s most iconic scenes, which had been made doable by way of the usage of CGI, VFX, and assist from Walker’s brothers, Cody and Caleb.

Brian has since been referenced in different movies — by which his on-screen spouse, performed by Jordanna Brewster, has appeared — however not seen.

The upcoming eleventh Quick & Livid movie, Quick X: Half 2, may use an identical mixture of know-how to make Walker’s return a actuality — or a recast — with the filming serving because the sequel to 2023’s Quick X.

Ludacris, who has been taking part in the character Tej Parker since 2003’s 2 Quick 2 Livid, just lately spoke to PEOPLE about Quick X: Half 2, and famous a serious milestone forward of the franchise’s remaining movie.

“That complete 25-year anniversary is certainly an enormous one,” the rapper-actor mentioned of the unique film got here out in June 2001.

Whereas the ultimate movie doesn’t but have a launch date, per Diesel, it is slated for a 2027 premiere, with manufacturing prone to start late this yr or early subsequent.