Culture 4 min read By Lauren Baxter
Fast & Furious TV Series Greenlit at Peacock Ahead of Final Film
Peacock has ordered a scripted Fast & Furious television series, with Vin Diesel executive producing and a 2028 premiere planned alongside the franchise's final movie, Fast Forever.
Peacock has greenlit a scripted television series based on the Fast & Furious franchise, bringing the blockbuster film saga to streaming for the first time. The series is expected to premiere in 2028, the same year the franchise's final film, Fast Forever, is scheduled to reach theaters.
Vin Diesel, who has led the franchise since the original 2001 film, will serve as an executive producer on the project. The series is being written by Mike Daniels and Wolfe Coleman. No casting announcements have been made.
The move marks a significant expansion of a property that has generated more than $7 billion at the global box office over roughly 25 years. The original film, The Fast and the Furious, starred Diesel as a street-racing criminal opposite Paul Walker as an FBI agent investigating his crew. It spawned nine sequels and several spin-offs, building a loyal fan base that has long called for the story to move into television.
Diesel addressed that demand earlier this year at NBCUniversal's Upfront event, telling the crowd that the franchise's supporters had been pushing for a small-screen extension for a decade. «As you all know, we are very precious about these movies but over the last decade, we've realised that the fans have wanted more, they wanted us to expand the legacy characters, their stories,» he said. «And for the last decade, the desire has been for us to enter the TV space.»
The series arrives as the film side of the franchise prepares to close out its main storyline. Fast Forever is currently set for release on March 17, 2028, after being delayed from April 2027. Diesel has hinted that the farewell movie could see the return of Walker's character, Brian O'Conner, who was retired from the series following the actor's death in 2013. Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo is also reportedly set to appear in the film; Diesel confirmed on Instagram that a role was written for him.
Last year, Diesel pushed back on reports that the next Fast & Furious movie was facing trouble at Universal, including claims that the studio wanted to cut actors and scale back the film's international settings to reduce its budget. In a social media post, he defended the creative direction of the franchise. «I have often said creativity is the key to all things. When you maintain the integrity, the rest follows,» he wrote. «What we're building next is going to honour all that you love about Fast while taking you somewhere you've never been before. No matter who's writing the checks, this family answers to you.»
The Peacock order gives the franchise a new platform at a time when streaming services are increasingly investing in series tied to established film brands. For Peacock, the show represents a marquee addition to its scripted slate and a chance to draw in the franchise's global audience. For fans, it offers a continuation of the Fast & Furious universe beyond the main theatrical timeline, with the potential to explore characters and stories that the films have not had room to develop.
Details about the series' plot, setting, and connection to the films remain under wraps. With the show and Fast Forever both targeted for 2028, the franchise is poised to deliver a coordinated final chapter across streaming and cinemas, closing one era while opening another.
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