Fast & Furious Is Coming to Peacock — Four Shows at Once
TL;DR: Vin Diesel confirmed at the NBCUniversal upfront presentation in May 2026 that four Fast & Furious projects are in development for Peacock, with one live-action series already in active development. The pilot script is being written by Mike Daniels and Wolfe Coleman. Plot details, cast, and premiere dates remain undisclosed.
Could Peacock Actually Pull Off the Fast & Furious Universe on Television?
Could a franchise that built its identity on $200 million theatrical spectacle — cars flying between skyscrapers, magnets ripping apart military convoys, a submarine chase through Arctic ice — actually survive the compression of a weekly streaming series? Based on what NBCUniversal just announced, we're about to find out. At the network's upfront presentation on May 12, 2026, Vin Diesel walked on stage and confirmed what months of industry whispers had been pointing toward: Fast & Furious is coming to Peacock, and not as a single spinoff. Four separate projects are in various stages of development, marking the most ambitious small-screen expansion the franchise has ever attempted.
What Peacock and NBCUniversal Have Actually Confirmed
Here's what we know for certain, stripped of the hype.
One live-action Fast & Furious series is formally set up at Peacock and in active development. The pilot script is being written by Mike Daniels and Wolfe Coleman — two writers who previously collaborated on the NBC crime drama Shades of Blue. Daniels is currently riding high after landing a series order for his reimagining of The Rockford Files, also from the NBCUniversal library, which gives him obvious currency inside the studio system right now.
The remaining three projects sit at Universal Television in various earlier stages of development. NBCUniversal hasn't specified whether those are additional live-action series, limited events, or something else entirely.
The producing team behind the lead Peacock series includes:
- Vin Diesel and Sam Vincent, via their One Race production company
- Neal Moritz, the franchise's longtime film producer, via Original Film
- Pavun Shetty, also of Original Film
- Chris Morgan, who wrote several of the feature films including Fast Five and Furious 7
- Jeff Kirschenbaum, another franchise producer
No cast has been announced. No plot details have been shared. No premiere date has been set. If you were hoping to block out a weekend on your calendar, you'll need to wait.
Why the Franchise Is Making This Move Now — and What It Means for Streaming
The thing nobody mentions when these franchise-to-TV announcements land is how much the math has changed. Fast & Furious earned over $7 billion at the worldwide box office across eleven films. That's a staggering number. But the last few theatrical entries have underperformed relative to the franchise's peak — Fast X (2023) made roughly $704 million globally, a respectable total by any normal standard, but well below the billion-dollar heights of Furious 7 ($1.52 billion) and The Fate of the Furious ($1.24 billion).
Streaming expansion isn't a retreat. It's a strategic hedge, and every major IP holder is doing it. What's striking is how long this particular franchise resisted the pull — Diesel himself acknowledged on stage that he originally turned down doing a sequel to the original 2001 film because he was protective of the brand. That same instinct made him skeptical of television for years.
The shift in thinking, according to Diesel's own remarks at the upfront, came after Universal Studios chief Donna Langley expanded her oversight to include NBCUniversal's television operations last year. That consolidation of film and TV under one creative executive apparently gave Diesel the confidence that the franchise's tone and character integrity would be maintained.
Peacock has been investing heavily in prestige IP. Crystal Lake (the Friday the 13th prequel series) and the second season of The Paper already have confirmed release windows at the platform, according to recent Peacock announcements. Fast & Furious would be the biggest IP play the streamer has made yet — and Movie OTT will be tracking availability across regions as details emerge.
What Vin Diesel Said on Stage — and What He Didn't Say
Diesel was characteristically guarded with specifics but unexpectedly candid about the journey to this point. Speaking at the NBCUniversal upfront, he told the audience:
"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. And for the last decade, the desire has been for us to enter the TV space."
He also credited Langley directly: "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."
Read between the lines there. "Family" is the franchise's most loaded word — it's been the emotional engine of every film since at least Fast Five. Diesel using it in the context of the TV expansion is a deliberate signal that the series won't be treated as a cheap licensing exercise. Whether the final product lives up to that framing is a different question entirely. Hard to say if even Diesel knows yet.
How This Lands for Indian Audiences on OTT Platforms
Fast & Furious has one of the most devoted fanbases in India of any Hollywood franchise. The films have consistently outperformed their North American-market expectations on the subcontinent, with Fast X earning a significant portion of its Asian box office from Indian multiplexes. The franchise's themes of loyalty, family, and underdog triumph translate powerfully across regional audiences.
For Indian viewers wondering where to watch the upcoming Peacock series, the picture isn't fully clear yet — but here's the current landscape:
- Peacock is not directly available in India as a standalone service
- JioCinema has a content-sharing relationship with NBCUniversal and Peacock content — this is the most likely home for the series in India
- Netflix India hosts the animated Fast & Furious Spy Racers series, which remains available for streaming
- The Fast & Furious film library currently streams across Amazon Prime Video India and Netflix India, depending on specific titles
Movie OTT's where-to-watch tracker is updated regularly as licensing deals shift, and it's the fastest way for Indian fans to confirm current availability across JioCinema, Netflix, Prime Video, and SonyLIV.
Regional dubbing has been a key part of the franchise's Indian success — Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu dubbed versions of the films have driven theatrical attendance in non-metro markets. Whether the Peacock series will receive the same treatment will likely depend on how NBCUniversal structures the India distribution deal. Given the franchise's track record here, dubbed streaming versions seem almost certain.
The Franchise's History in Television — It's Not Starting from Zero
Fast & Furious isn't a stranger to the small screen, even if the live-action space is new territory.
The animated series Fast & Furious Spy Racers — which you can read about in detail on Wikipedia's dedicated page — ran for six seasons on Netflix between December 26, 2019, and 2021. It followed Tony Toretto, a cousin of Dom's voiced by Tyler Posey, who infiltrates a secret criminal racing league. Diesel provided voice cameos as Dom. The show was rated TV-Y7 and aimed squarely at younger audiences. Diesel, Moritz, and Morgan all executive produced that project too — so the producing team now assembling for Peacock has prior collaborative television experience together.
Beyond animation, Screen Rant reported that Universal explored several live-action TV concepts over the years, including a young Dom Toretto origin story (with Vinnie Bennett, who played a young Dom in F9, as a potential lead), a Roman and Tej buddy series, and a Han-focused spinoff. None of those advanced to production.
The feature film franchise itself marks its 25th anniversary in 2026, with a special screening of the original film planned at the Cannes Film Festival — which Diesel and Moritz are both attending. Eleven films. Over two and a half decades. And one final theatrical chapter, Fast Forever, scheduled for March 17, 2028. The TV expansion, then, is designed to bridge the gap and extend the universe beyond the movie saga's conclusion.
Movie OTT's franchise pages carry the complete release history for every film in the series, including regional streaming availability by country.
What Comes Next for the Peacock Series
The pilot script is being written now. That means — realistically — a greenlight decision is probably 6 to 12 months away, with production following thereafter. Don't expect the series to land on Peacock before late 2027 at the earliest, and 2028 is more plausible, which would align with the theatrical release of Fast Forever as a coordinated franchise moment.
Watch for casting announcements first. That's where the real signal will be — whether the series pulls in legacy characters from the films or builds an entirely new crew. The phrase "expand the legacy characters" from Diesel's upfront remarks suggests at least some connective tissue to the films. For the latest streaming availability updates across all regions as this project develops, Movie OTT has the current picture.
