The Fast & Furious films are returning to theaters — and EW is binging them with the cast

By Derek Lawrence

Derek Lawrence is a former associate editor at **. He left EW in 2022.

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April 23, 2021 12:00 p.m. ET

Get ready for some quality family time!

In honor of the highly-anticipated release of *F9* on June 25, EW can exclusively reveal that Universal is welcoming audiences back to theaters with "Fast Fridays," a series of free screenings of the first eight *Fast & Furious* films.

Oh, and the winning doesn't stop there, *Fast* fans. Coinciding with these weekly screenings, which will begin April 30 with *The Fast and the Furious*, *EW's BINGE: The Fast Saga* will be going through each film with the stars who brought these iconic characters to life.

The schedule for the screenings and* BINGE* episodes will go as follows: *The Fast and the Furious* on April 30, *2 Fast Furious* on May 7, *The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift* on May 14, *Fast & Furious* on May 21, Fast Five on May 28, *Fast & Furious 6* on June 4, *Furious 7* on June 11, and *The Fate of the Furious* on June 18.

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"The *Fast* films are all about family, and Universal wanted to find a way to thank our huge family of *Fast* fans around the country for their passion and loyalty over the past 20 years," says Jim Orr, Universal's president of domestic theatrical distribution. "We're grateful to our theater partners for their help in making this screening series possible and we are delighted to welcome audiences back to theaters to experience the wild *Fast* ride all over again. And we cannot wait to blow everyone's minds with the release of *F9* on June 25."

The screening series will launch in more than 500 theaters across the U.S., before eventually expanding to at least 900, with AMC Theatres, Regal Cinemas, and Cinemark Theatres a few of the major chains participating. For more information on how to get tickets, go here.

And check back on EW.com next week for more on our *BINGE* of *Fast*. Until then, salud mi familia!

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