This is a significant commitment. The decision also allows new characters and stories to grow between theatrical releases. The order gives the long-running movie universe a permanent home on television rather than another short promotional extension. Peacock has formally greenlit the first live-action Fast & Furious television series. Mike Daniels and Wolfe Coleman are attached to write and serve as co-showrunners, moving one of NBCUniversal’s biggest movie properties into scripted episodic television after years of discussion about expanding the franchise.
The order is more concrete than Vin Diesel’s upfront announcement in May, when he said Peacock was launching four shows from the universe. One project now has a series greenlight. The other proposed shows should still be treated as projects in development until Peacock gives each one a separate order.
- Announcement date: October 1, 2026
- Format: Live-action scripted series
- Title: Not announced
- Genre: Action drama
- Streaming on: Peacock
Mike Daniels and Wolfe Coleman will lead the series
Daniels and Coleman are set to write and run the project together. Vin Diesel is involved as an executive producer through One Race, keeping the television expansion connected to the creative team behind the films. Neal H. Moritz and Chris Morgan are also among the franchise figures linked to the new show.
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Peacock has not announced a cast, characters or a story. That means it is too early to claim that Dominic Toretto or another film lead will appear on screen. Diesel’s producing role confirms involvement behind the camera, not a return as Dom.
The show is the franchise’s first live-action TV chapter
Fast & Furious Spy Racers previously brought the property to television in animation. The Peacock project is different because it will be the first live-action series set within the brand. An episodic format can spend more time on new drivers, crews and rivalries than a feature built around one enormous mission.
That does not guarantee a smaller story. The films have moved far beyond the street-racing scale of the 2001 original. The key creative question is whether television returns to those roots or tries to reproduce the global spectacle that defines the recent sequels.
A 2028 target leaves major details open
Trade reporting points to 2028 as the intended launch window, alongside the next theatrical chapter, but Peacock has not published an exact premiere date. Production timing, episode count and the relationship to Fast Forever also remain unconfirmed.
The greenlight nevertheless changes the project from a broad franchise promise into an ordered series with writers in charge. Its biggest opportunity is to build a new team without losing the loyalty, speed and found-family themes audiences expect. Should the series return to street racing or follow the movies’ larger missions? Tell us below.
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