F9: THE FAST SAGA Director Justin Lin Enlisted Real Scientists To Help Take The Franchise Into Outer Space Yes, the next Fast & Furious movie really is going to take Dominic Toretto and his crew into outer space, and director Justin Lin has now confirmed that he spoke to real scientists to make sure it worked. JoshWilding | 4/15/2021 The Fast & Furious movies have become steadily more ridiculous in recent years, with street racing put to one side for resurrections, sci-fi tech, and cars leaping between skyscrapers. That's part of its charm, of course, and there have been jokes online for a while now that the logical next step is for the franchise to head into outer space. Well, as yesterday's trailer for