‘Fast & Furious’ TV Series Greenlit At Peacock — SkimNews
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- Peacock greenlit its first Fast & Furious TV series, targeting a 2028 premiere — the same year the 11th and final film, Fast Forever, hits theaters on March 17, 2028.
- Vin Diesel will executive produce and announced the project at NBCUniversal's May Upfront, saying Universal Studios chief Donna Langley's expanded oversight of NBCU's TV operation finally convinced him to enter the TV space.
- Mike Daniels and Wolfe Coleman will write and co-showrun the series, which comes from Universal Television.
- Additional executive producers include Sam Vincent, Neal H. Moritz, Pavun Shetty, Jeff Kirschenbaum, and Chris Morgan.
- Diesel also revealed three other Fast & Furious series projects are in development, from Nick Wootton and Charmaine DeGraté, Ingrid Escajeda, and Joe Henderson.
- The franchise has grossed more than $7 billion at the global box office across 25 years, beginning with The Fast and the Furious in 2001 starring Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster, and Michelle Rodriguez.
Why it matters: After a decade of fan pressure, Vin Diesel only greenlit a TV expansion once Donna Langley took oversight of both Universal's film and TV operations. Peacock is betting a $7B-grossing franchise can translate to streaming, timing the series premiere to the same year as the final film.
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