Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson shares photo of his character in 'Fast 8'

LOS ANGELES, May 29 (UPI) -- Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has shared on Instagram a first glimpse of his character Hobbs in the next installment in the Fast and Furious film franchise.

The black-and-white image shows the actor bearded and bald, wearing a tank top, jeans and a leather vest, while standing by a barb wire fence.

"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," reads a message accompanying the photo.

"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. Maybe it's a spinoff movie. Maybe it's more #FF movies. Or hell maybe Hobbs just gets on his motorcycle and rides off into the sunset never to be seen again. Either way, I've had a solid first week of shooting, good to be back with the ohana, good to work again w/ my bud and director F. Gary Gray and our home studio of UNIVERSAL, as always have been the best partners to me and my #SevenBucksProds team. Most importantly... you guys around the world will really dig this new version of the role, 'cause as we always say, disrupters dent the universe. #Hobbs #TwistedRoots #1Disrupter #1Savage #F8."

Fast 8 is scheduled to be released on April 14, 2017.