During NBCUniversal’s upfront presentation, Vin Diesel announced the Fast family is officially heading to streaming, according to Deadline. During Monday’s presentation, the franchise star shared that Peacock is developing a new Fast & Furious television series, marking one of the franchise’s biggest expansions yet beyond the big screen.
Diesel teased that the long-running action franchise could grow even larger in the future, telling the audience that Peacock is “launching four shows” tied to the Fast universe, though only one project has been officially confirmed so far.
“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.”
According to People, the upcoming series already has several major Fast franchise veterans attached behind the scenes. Diesel will executive produce alongside longtime producer Neal Moritz, franchise writer Chris Morgan, Sam Vincent, Jeff Kirschenbaum, and Pavun Shetty. Mike Daniels and Wolfe Coleman are reportedly set to write the pilot and serve as co-showrunners.
Plot details remain under wraps, but the move gives Universal one of its biggest film franchises a major streaming future at Peacock. The franchise previously expanded into television with Netflix’s animated Fast & Furious Spy Racers, but this will be the first live-action TV project tied directly to the blockbuster movie universe.
The announcement comes as the Fast franchise continues to rank among the biggest global movie brands of the modern era. The series has released 11 films over the last 25 years and generated more than $7 billion at the worldwide box office. 2015’s Furious 7 became the highest-grossing entry at approximately $1.51 billion worldwide.
The franchise has evolved dramatically since 2001’s The Fast and the Furious, which began as a street-racing crime thriller inspired by underground car culture in Los Angeles. Over the years, the series transformed into a globe-spanning action saga known for increasingly elaborate stunts, high-speed heists, and its recurring theme of family.
Vin Diesel has often credited fan loyalty for the franchise’s longevity. During the upfront presentation, he emphasized that audiences have continued asking for more stories from the Fast universe, helping fuel the push toward streaming expansion. And the spin-off new aligns with Universal’s plans for the next theatrical chapter.
The upcoming final chapter in the saga, is the highly anticipated Fast Forever, scheduled for release on March 17, 2028. Diesel has previously hinted that the movie could return the franchise closer to its street-racing roots in Los Angeles after years of globe-trotting spectacle.
Landing an original Fast & Furious series could become a major streaming play for Peacock as competition for blockbuster franchises intensifies. As one of Universal’s most recognizable properties, Fast & Furious combines action, nostalgia, car culture, and one of Hollywood’s most devoted fan bases into a franchise that continues to evolve nearly a quarter century after it first hit theaters.
