Universal Pictures heeft via USA Today de eerste foto vrijgegeven van de film Fast Five met o.a. Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Tyrese Gibson, Dwayne Johnson en Jordana Brewster. Op de foto zien we de personages Dominic Toretto (Diesel) en Hobbs (Johnson). De laatste wordt als volgt omschreven: “Johnson will wield the most with his Gurkha, a 10-ton armored military vehicle that looks like a Humvee on steroids.”

Regisseur Justin Lin over de vierde sequel op Rob Cohens The Fast and the Furious (2001): “If you’re going to do a ‘Fast and Furious’ movie, you’ve got to go bigger each time. People thought it would be impossible to get Dwayne, but he didn’t show up looking to cash a paycheck. That’s pretty amazing, for a star like him to join the fifth part of a franchise. That says a lot about him and the fans.”