Paul Walker fans are suitably shaken and stirred and ready to get, with the Fast & Furious franchise dropping a quick clip for the upcoming F9 during last night's Super Bowl LV.

With the ninth film'southward release existence pushed dorsum due to the coronavirus pandemic, you could say many are champing at the bit to finally get some new content from Dominic Toretto (played past Vin Diesel), Letty Ortiz (Michelle Rodriguez) and Co.

Withal, in the opening moment of the very short clip from Universal, a blue Skyline car caught many a fan's heart with some suggesting this was a nod to Brian O'Connor, played past Paul, who tragically died in 2013.

We know what happens when nosotros assume these sorts of things (nosotros're permit down), but we really did effigy every bit Brian drove off into the sunset at the stop of Furious 7, helped forth with some crafty CGI and Paul'due south brothers, we wouldn't see some other appearance of him in the franchise once again.

That clip has got everyone going wild, though.

Reacting to the trailer on YouTube, i wrote: 'That's Brian's car in the beginning right?' as another excitely chimed in: 'THE SKYLINE!!!'

F9 trailer.

The bluish Skyline fabricated an appearance in the latest F9 trailer – what does it hateful? (Picture: Universal)

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Paul Walker is the simply one immune to drive a blueish Skyline… (Moving picture: Relativity Media/Universal/Kobal)

Other fans were coming upwardly with theories every bit to who was behind the wheel of the car, which turned into the driveway of a house under construction.

Over on Twitter, people were getting but as heated by the moment, as they insisted no one else could ever drive the blue Skyline in a Furious flick – but wondered whether Brian's partner Mia (Jordana Brewster) was behind the bike instead.

'I'grand genuinely questioning this, who'southward driving the Skyline in the starting time? It would make sense for Dom to be driving with the line he says….or it could exist Mia, not sure,' some other fan wrote, every bit one replied: 'Nah information technology has to be Mia for sure, subsequently all her and Brian are married and they accept a child so information technology would make sense her driving information technology. But also they might bring Brian back with one of his brothers playing him with CGI but never know.'

Elsewhere in the trailer we're blessed with the usual high-octane automobile chases fans expect from the Fast & Furious franchise, as well every bit cameos from a laughing Dame Helen Mirren and a winking Charlize Theron.

Professional wrestler John Cena also stars in the film as Dom'southward brother, with the activeness taking place around the world, with stops in Edinburgh, London and Tokyo, as well equally a surreptitious bunker in Azerbaijan.

Justin Lin directed F9 and it was previously reported he will return for two more films to wrap upward the franchise.

Information technology's not the first fourth dimension nosotros've got the feels with a Paul Walker tribute, afterwards an earlier trailer began with an instrumental version of Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth's tribute vocal See You Once again, equally Dominic and Letty played with Dom's son, Brian.

It was previously suggested that Paul'due south character could be making a surprise render to the franchise, 6 years later his expiry, later on he was killed in a car blow on 30 November, 2013, aged xl, with brothers Cody and Caleb Walker stepping in to film his final scenes for Furious 7.

Cody previously opened upwards about potentially returning equally Paul, later on he filmed scenes for Furious 7.

Speaking to Metro.co.uk, he left the door open up for a comeback, telling us: 'You know there's a lot of things that are said about the franchise, in that location'southward a lot of rumours going around.

'I think annihilation is possible and we'll see what the future has in shop.

'There are a lot of things that are said out there,' he added. 'There's a rumour that the franchise might get to outer infinite next, so y'all never know… Nothing is off the table, never say never.'

F9 is due to exist released on May 28.

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