Who is working on the first Peacock series?
Diesel’s on-screen involvement remains unclear, but he is attached as an executive producer alongside Sam Vincent through One Race. That keeps the franchise’s central figure close to the new expansion, even if Dominic Toretto’s actual presence on television has not been confirmed.
The pilot is being written by Mike Daniels and Wolfe Coleman. Daniels has writing credits on Sons of Anarchy, One Tree Hill, and The Vampire Diaries. Coleman worked on 9-1-1: Lone Star. The two previously collaborated on the 2016 series Shades of Blue.
Several familiar franchise producers are also involved. Neal Moritz and Pavun Shetty of Original Film are executive producing, as are long-running Fast figures Chris Morgan and Jeff Kirschenbaum.
Diesel framed the move as a response to years of fan interest in seeing more of the franchise beyond the theatrical releases.
“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,” he said. “And for the last decade, the desire has been for us to enter the TV space.”
Why is the franchise expanding now?
The timing is notable because the main film series is in an unusually long pause. Fast X, the most recent entry, premiered in 2023. The next mainline movie, Fast Forever, is scheduled for March 17, 2028. That creates a five-year gap, much longer than the one-to-two-year rhythm that often defined the series during its busiest stretch.
Television gives Universal and Peacock a way to keep the brand active while the film side takes its time. It also gives the franchise room to do something the movies often have little space for: slow down with individual characters, relationships, and backstories.
That matters because the Fast series has always sold itself on spectacle, but its staying power comes from the emotional pitch underneath it. The cars, fights, and physics violations bring people in. The loyalty, grief, rivalries, and recurring promise of chosen family keep the machinery running.
What could the shows explore?
Peacock has not confirmed plots, but Diesel’s comments suggest the shows may focus on expanding legacy characters and their stories. That could mean familiar faces, connected side stories, or new characters operating in the same world.
The franchise has already tested television once with Fast & Furious: Spy Racers, an animated spin-off that premiered in 2019 and followed a younger corner of the universe. The new Peacock projects appear to be a larger and more direct push into streaming, though details are still under wraps.
For now, the confirmed facts are simple:
- Peacock is developing four shows set in the Fast & Furious universe.
- Only the first has been formally set up, according to Deadline.
- Diesel is executive producing, though his acting role is not confirmed.
- No release dates, cast members, or plot details have been announced.
- The next main film, Fast Forever, is scheduled for March 17, 2028.
In other words, the franchise is getting more road ahead. We just do not yet know who is driving.
