Four FAST & FURIOUS TV Series in Development at Peacock with Vin Diesel Producing
The Fast & Furious franchise is finally making the jump to live-action television, and it sounds like Universal is going all in.
After months of rumors about the future of the billion-dollar action franchise, NBCUniversal officially confirmed during its upfront presentation that they are developing a few live-action Fast & Furious series for Peacock.
The announcement came directly from franchise star and producer Vin Diesel, who revealed: “Peacock is launching four shows in the Fast and the Furious universe.”
At the moment, plot details are locked down tighter than Dom Toretto’s garage, so there’s no word on whether these projects will focus on new characters, familiar faces from the films, or spin-off stories connected to the main saga. But Universal clearly sees the franchise as something much bigger than just theatrical releases.
Diesel is attached as an executive producer on the projects alongside longtime franchise producer Neal Moritz, Chris Morgan, Jeff Kirschenbaum, Pavun Shetty, and Sam Vincent through One Race and Original Film.
The pilot script for one show will be written by Mike Daniels and Wolfe Coleman, who previously collaborated on NBC’s Shades of Blue. Daniels recently landed a series order for his reimagining of The Rockford Files for NBCUniversal as well.
This actually isn’t the franchise’s first move into television. Diesel, Moritz, and Morgan also executive produced Netflix’s animated Fast & Furious Spy Racers series through DreamWorks Animation, but this marks the first time the franchise is expanding into live-action episodic storytelling.
The timing makes sense, too. The franchise is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, and Universal is honoring the milestone with a special screening of the original The Fast and the Furious at the Cannes Film Festival.
Since launching in 2001, the series has grown into one of Hollywood’s biggest global franchises, pulling in more than $7 billion at the worldwide box office across eleven films.
The road for the movie side of the franchise isn’t over yet either. The final chapter, Fast Forever, is currently set to hit theaters on March 17, 2028.
Universal clearly isn’t ready to park this franchise anytime soon, and a Fast & Furious TV universe seems like a solid step in the expansion of the franchise. Between street racing crews, international heists, secret agents, and over-the-top action, there’s plenty of room to build multiple interconnected stories.
Now we just wait to see which direction these shows take and whether any familiar members of the family pop up along the way.
Source: Deadline