The new trailer for Fast & Furious 9 has been released, with Vin Diesel's Dominic Toretto meeting his arch-enemy - his brother Jakob, played by WWE star John Cena.
Away from the onscreen action, the Press Association reports that Diesel has said it felt as though his late co-star Paul Walker had sent Cena to star in the film.
Walker, who starred opposite Diesel in six Fast & Furious films, died in a car crash in California in November 2013 at the age of 40.
"Justin (Lin, director) and I both have brothers and all of us have brothers," said Diesel at a virtual press conference to mark the release of the trailer. "And that interesting dynamic of what your brotherly love is, and how complex it can be at times, makes for great storytelling.
"But I remember, once we started getting closer to production, Justin would talk about how harrowing it would be, to actually have to cast a new Toretto, the brother of Toretto - there's so many different directions you can go.
"And I remember John Cena coming into this Dom shrine that I had, where I would kind of go meditate and train and start getting into that Dom state of mind.
"I remember John coming in, and, call this crazy, but I remember feeling as though Pablo, Paul Walker, had sent him in.
"And I remember talking to Justin that night and saying, 'My gut and my heart feels like this was meant to be'."
Fast & Furious 9, which also stars Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges, Nathalie Emmanuel, Jordana Brewster, Sung Kang, Helen Mirren, Kurt Russell and Charlize Theron, is due in Irish cinemas on 8 July.
