--- description: Charlize Theron and Helen Mirren will join the cast in 'The Fate of the Furious', the franchise's first title entirely without Paul Walker. title: See the Trailer for the Eighth 'Fast & Furious' Installment image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfb29ec207563d661/6988b28c97cdff72c46aedbc/gettyimages-545835938.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch the First Trailer for the Eighth _Fast & Furious_ Installment by [Kevin Lui](/author/kevin-lui/) ## Kevin Lui Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 12, 2016 5:02 AM CUT  On the 'Fast 8' set in Times Square on July 9, 2016 in New York City. On the 'Fast 8' set in Times Square on July 9, 2016 in New York City.Raymond Hall—GC Images by [Kevin Lui](/author/kevin-lui/) ## Kevin Lui Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 12, 2016 5:02 AM CUT Universal just dropped the first trailer for _The Fate of the Furious_, the eighth installment of the _Fast and Furious_ franchise — and the first one made entirely after former star Paul Walker’s tragic death in 2013. Charlize Theron will be [joining the cast](http://time.com/4343483/charlize-theron-fast-furious-8/ "undefined") of Vin Diesel, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Jason Statham, Michelle Rodriguez and Tyrese Gibson, playing the adversarial character Cipher. Another newcomer to the action franchise is the Oscar winner Helen Mirren. According to Diesel, the movie [formerly known](http://time.com/3833790/furious-8-2017-vin-diesel/ "undefined") as _Furious 8_ — the [first of a trilogy](http://time.com/4051851/vin-diesel-fast-furious-trilogy/ "undefined") that is set to wrap up the whole saga of superfast cars and explosions — [will take place](http://time.com/4074632/vin-diesel-fast-and-furious-new-york/ "undefined") in New York City. It is set to hit U.S. theaters April 14, 2017. Watch the full trailer above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4597442/trailer-fast-and-furious-8-fate-of-the-furious/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4597442/trailer-fast-and-furious-8-fate-of-the-furious/"},"headline":"Watch the First Trailer for the Eighth Fast & Furious Installment","datePublished":"2016-12-12T05:02:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T02:14:59.648Z","description":"The Fate of the Furious stars Charlize Theron and Helen Mirren alongside the usual cast","url":"https://time.com/4597442/trailer-fast-and-furious-8-fate-of-the-furious/","keywords":["movies","Entertainment","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfb29ec207563d661/6988b28c97cdff72c46aedbc/gettyimages-545835938.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kevin Lui","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/kevin-lui/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfb29ec207563d661/6988b28c97cdff72c46aedbc/gettyimages-545835938.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Celebrity Sightings in New York City - July 9, 2016","caption":"Celebrity Sightings in New York City - July 9, 2016","creditText":"Raymond Hall—GC Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4597442/trailer-fast-and-furious-8-fate-of-the-furious/","name":"Watch the First Trailer for the Eighth Fast & Furious Installment"}}]}] ```