Vin Diesel Announces Fast & Furious TV Series on Peacock

Vin Diesel announced Monday at NBCUniversal's upfront presentation in New York that Peacock will launch multiple television series set in the Fast & Furious universe, expanding the action franchise beyond films.

Diesel, who stars as Dominic Toretto and serves as a producer, shared the news onstage at Radio City Music Hall during the annual event for advertisers. "For the last decade, we have realized that the fans have wanted more," he said. "They wanted us to expand the legacy characters, their stories. ... The news that I have here today is that Peacock is launching four shows from the Fast & Furious universe."

Diesel credited the timing to Donna Langley, chairwoman of Universal Pictures, who now oversees NBCUniversal's television operations. "It became right when Donna Langley started to oversee it all, because that's when I knew that the integrity of the characters, the international appeal, what makes us all feel like family would be protected in the TV space," he said.

While Diesel referenced four series, individuals familiar with the projects told multiple outlets that only one is currently in active development at Peacock, with others in earlier stages at Universal...