Christina Hodson (“The Flash,” “Bumblebee”) and Oren Uziel (“The Lost City,” “22 Jump Street”) will co-write the next “Fast and Furious” movie with “Fast X” helmer Louis Leterrier returning to direct.
Last week, PvNew exclusively revealed that Leterrier (the “Transporter” franchise, “Now You See Me”) would direct the next installment of “Fast and Furious,” which serves as a companion film to “Fast X,” opening May 19. The 11th film in the Vin Diesel-starring franchise will mark Hodson and Uziel’s first official collaboration.
While news of the team up might come as a surprise to some, the two in-demand creatives are friends and share office space, which made the decision to work together practically inevitable.
Hodson is a British-born, Los Angeles-based, writer and producer, who is best known for writing Paramount’s 2018 “Transformers” prequel “Bumblebee” (which was a critical and commercial hit, grossing nearly $468 million worldwide) and writing and co-producing 2020’s “Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey” for Warner Bros. and DC Comics. Her next project is the highly anticipated “The Flash” movie, also for Warner Bros. and DC Comics. Hodson is represented by CAA and Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment.
Likewise, Uziel experienced great success writing the screenplay for 2022’s “The Lost City,” which starred Sandra Bulloock, Channing Tatum and Daniel Radcliffe and grossed $192 million for Paramount. He currently serves as the showrunner for Amazon and Sony TV’s upcoming Spider-Man Noir TV series.
Early in his career, Uziel wrote Sony’s “22 Jump Street” and “Freaks of Nature.” His spec script “The God Particle” was bought by Paramount and Bad Robot, which then premiered on Netflix as “The Cloverfield Paradox.” More recently, he wrote and directed Netflix’s “Shimmer Lake,” starring Benjamin Walker, Wyatt Russell, Rainn Wilson, Adam Pally, John Michael Higgins, Ron Livingston, Stephanie Sigman and Rob Corddry. Uziel is represented by Curate and Myman Greenspan Fox Rosenberg Mobasser Younger & Light LLP.
Beginning with 2001’s “The Fast and the Furious,” the films have earned more than $6 billion at the worldwide box office — representing Universal’s (led by filmed entertainment group chairman Donna Langley) most-profitable and longest-running franchise, with 2017’s “The Fate of the Furious” marked as the biggest global theatrical opening of all time. The blockbuster movies have also expanded into a multitude of other offerings, including an animated series and the spinoff film franchise “Hobbs & Shaw.”
Hodson is represented by CAA and Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment; Uziel is repped by Curate and Myman Greenspan Fox Rosenberg Mobasser Younger & Light LLP.
Deadline was first to report news of Hodson and Uziel’s hiring.
