Peacock has greenlit the first television series based on the Fast & Furious movie franchise, bringing the blockbuster property to TV after 25 years and more than $7 billion at the global box office.
Mike Daniels and Wolfe Coleman will write the Universal Television series and serve as co-showrunners. The project is scheduled to premiere in 2028, the same year the franchise’s 11th and final film is due to arrive.
Franchise star Vin Diesel will executive produce the series. He previously introduced the project during NBCUniversal’s Upfront event in May in New York, where he discussed the long-running effort to expand the movies into 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 at the event. “And for the last decade, the desire has been for us to enter the TV space.”
Vin Diesel addresses the move into television
Diesel said his view of a television expansion changed after Universal Studios chief Donna Langley also assumed oversight of NBCUniversal’s TV operation last year.
“That’s when I knew that the integrity of the characters, the international appeal, what makes us all feel like family will be protected in the TV space,” he said.
Diesel will executive produce alongside Daniels and Coleman. The executive-producing team also includes Sam Vincent of One Race, Neal H. Moritz and Pavun Shetty of Original Film, as well as Jeff Kirschenbaum and Chris Morgan.
Daniels recently served as showrunner on Peacock’s PONIES. His other television work includes Shades of Blue, Sons of Anarchy and NBC’s upcoming reboot of The Rockford Files.
Coleman’s credits include executive-producing 9-1-1: Lone Star. He also worked on Shades of Blue, a series Daniels worked on as well.
More ‘Fast & Furious’ projects are in development
The newly greenlit series is part of a wider group of television projects tied to the franchise. At the Upfront event, Diesel said three other Fast & Furious series projects were in the works.
One of those projects comes from The Endgame’s Nick Wooton and House of the Dragon’s Charmaine DeGraté. The other two come from Griselda showrunner Ingrid Escajeda and Lucifer showrunner Joe Henderson.
The television plans arrive as NBCUniversal celebrates the franchise’s 25th anniversary. The movie series began with The Fast and the Furious in 2001, starring Diesel as Dominic Toretto, Paul Walker as Brian O’Conner, Jordana Brewster as Mia and Michelle Rodriguez as Letty.
Its expansion onto Peacock will coincide with another significant franchise milestone. Fast Forever, identified as the 11th and final film in the series, is set for release on March 17, 2028.
What Happens Next?
Daniels and Coleman will now lead the greenlit Peacock series toward its planned 2028 premiere, with Diesel and the wider executive-producing team overseeing the franchise’s first TV series. Meanwhile, the three additional television projects announced at the Upfront remain in the works, extending NBCUniversal’s plans for the property beyond the movie franchise’s final installment.