Peacock has given a series order to its first television series based on the Fast & Furious franchise, which has grossed more than $7 billion at the global box office over the past 25 years. The series comes from writers and co-showrunners Mike Daniels and Wolfe Coleman, with franchise star Vin Diesel attached as an executive producer.
The project was first revealed in May during NBCUniversal’s Upfront presentation, where Diesel took the stage alongside Jimmy Fallon to announce the franchise’s expansion into television. At the time, Diesel said four Fast & Furious shows were in development at Peacock, though only the Daniels and Coleman project was officially set up; the others remained in earlier stages. This greenlight marks that project’s move from development to a confirmed series order. Diesel said the push into TV had been a long time coming, noting that fans had spent the last decade asking for the legacy characters and their stories to be expanded beyond the films. He credited his willingness to finally move forward to Universal Studios chief Donna Langley taking oversight of NBCUniversal’s television division last year, saying that’s when he felt confident the characters’ integrity and international appeal would be protected in the new format.
Set to premiere in 2028, the series is produced by Universal Television, with Daniels and Coleman executive producing alongside Diesel, One Race’s Sam Vincent, Original Film’s Neal H. Moritz and Pavun Shetty, and Jeff Kirschenbaum and Chris Morgan. Plot details remain under wraps, and it’s unclear whether any of the franchise’s established characters will factor into the story. Daniels previously executive produced Peacock’s Ponies and has worked on Shades of Blue, Sons of Anarchy, and NBC’s upcoming Rockford Files reboot, while Coleman has credits on 9-1-1: Lone Star and also worked on Shades of Blue.
This marks the franchise’s first live-action television project, following Netflix’s animated Fast & Furious Spy Racers, which ran for six seasons between 2019 and 2021. Diesel also announced three additional Fast & Furious series in early development at Peacock, including projects from The Endgame‘s Nick Wootton and House of the Dragon‘s Charmaine DeGraté, as well as separate efforts from Griselda showrunner Ingrid Escajeda and Lucifer showrunner Joe Henderson.
The Fast & Furious franchise launched in 2001 with The Fast and the Furious, starring Diesel as Dominic Toretto, Paul Walker as Brian O’Conner, Jordana Brewster as Mia, and Michelle Rodriguez as Letty. What started as a modest street-racing action film grew into one of the highest-grossing franchises in box office history, spanning ten films, numerous spinoffs, and global box office earnings north of $7 billion. This year marks the franchise’s 25th anniversary, with a special screening of the original film held at Cannes in May. The franchise’s final theatrical installment, Fast Forever, is slated for release on March 17, 2028, though reporting suggests the film’s production status remains uncertain despite its announced date.