Hollywood’s Fast & Furious franchise is moving to television. Peacock has ordered a live-action series set in the movie universe, giving the action franchise its first scripted television adaptation.
According to Deadlinethe untitled series is being produced by Universal Television and is targeting a 2028 premiere. The timing puts the show in the same year as Fast Forever, the final film in the franchise, which is scheduled for March 17, 2028.
As per the reports, Vin Diesel will executive produce the series. He announced the project during NBCUniversal’s Upfront presentation in May, when he said the franchise had spent years considering a move to television.
“As you all know, we are very precious about these movies, but over the last decade, we’ve realized that the fans have wanted more, they wanted us to expand the legacy characters, their stories,” Diesel said. “And for the last decade, the desire has been for us to enter the TV space.”
The actor also mentioned that he became comfortable with the idea after Donna Langley took oversight of NBCUniversal’s TV operations because he believed the franchise’s characters and family themes would be protected.
The Fast & Furious franchise has released 11 movies since The Fast and the Furious arrived in 2001. The films have earned more than $7 billion worldwide. While Peacock’s order moves the project beyond development, the studio has not announced a cast or storyline. The series will be produced by Universal Television.
Who else is involved with the new Fast and Furious TV show?
Mike Daniels and Wolfe Coleman are the co-showrunners, pilot writers, and executive producers. Daniels is known for his work on Sons of Anarchy, Shades of Blue, and The Rockford Files, while Coleman worked on Shades of Blue and 9-1-1: Lone Star.
Diesel will executive produce alongside Sam Vincent through One Race. Neal H. Moritz and Pavun Shetty will represent Original Film as executive producers, with Jeff Kirschenbaum and Chris Morgan also attached.
The story details remain under wraps, and Peacock has not confirmed whether established characters from the films will appear. The series will not be the first Fast & Furious project made for television. Netflix released the animated Fast & Furious: Spy Racers, which ran for six seasons from 2019 to 2021.