As The Fast and the Furious spinoff film Hobbs & Shaw continues filming the United Kingdom, star Dwayne Johnson has shared a photo from the set introducing an important new character with very personal ties to Jason Statham's Deckard Shaw.

Posted on his Instagram account, Johnson introduced Vanessa Kirby as Hattie Shaw. The new character is the sister of Statham's character as well as Luke Evans' Owen Shaw who previously appeared as a foe-turned-friend in the action franchise. Johnson teased that Hattie is an MI5 operative and will get close to his character, much to Deckard's chagrin.

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Kirby is fresh off the success of this past summer's Mission: Impossible -- Fallout where she played a pivotal supporting role as black market arms dealer.

Principal photography on the upcoming spinoff began last month in London before relocating to Glasgow this month after Johnson completed filming on the Disney film Jungle Cruise.

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Directed by David Leitch from a script by Chris Morgan, Hobbs & Shaw stars Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Idris Elba, and Vanessa Kirby. It is scheduled to be released on August 2, 2019.