Tyrese Gibson will be a conspicuous absentee from the forthcoming Fast and Furious film, due to other movie commitments.
The singer/actor was already booked up for Transformers 2 filming which clashed with Fast and Furious but the star is not ruling out returning to the franchise.
"You know, my man [director] Justin Lin was fighting tooth and nail to try to get me in on the Fast and the Furious 4 but it just didn't work out," said the actor, who starred in the second film, 2 Fast 2 Furious.
"The timing of my filming Transformers' and what they were doing, it just didn't work out," he added. "So it was just supposed to be a small piece, kind of like what Vin did for the third one, but there is going to be a 5 because you've got Vin Diesel coming back. It's going to definitely re-spark the franchise so hopefully it'll set up a small little piece for your boy to get back in there. Because 2 Fast 2 Furious was the most successful one of all of them."
Vin Diesel previously revealed that he is directing a 20-minute prequel to the Fast and Furious film in which he'll star alongside Michelle Rodriguez and Sung Kang.
The movie will be released next summer.