Fast And Furious 8: Dwayne Johnson's New Look as Hobbs is Too Hot to Handle

Dwayne The Rock Johnson has shared the first look of his character Luke Hobbs from the upcoming action film Fast 8 on Instagram.

Dwayne The Rock Johnson has shared the first look of his character Luke Hobbs from the upcoming action film Fast 8 on Instagram. The black-and-white photo shows Hobbs sporting a pointy goatee and a leather vest.

"When you strip a man of all he has. All that's important to him, you force him to return to his roots. And sometimes that's a very dangerous and twisted place," Johnson captioned the photograph.

"If I was going to return for another 'Fast & Furious', I wanted to come in and disrupt the franchise in a cool way that got fans fired up and their blood pumping to see a new version of Hobbs and his 'Daddy's gotta go to work' mentality and set the table in a cool way for where the character goes in the future," he added.

Johnson first appeared in the popular franchise in its fifth instalment Fast Five, and has since been a part of it. Fast 8, which is set to hit theaters on April 14, 2017, is currently filming, with part of the movie shooting on location in Cuba. F Gary Gray is directing the project.