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Despite the fact that box office returns have been steadily declining and the 11th and allegedly final film in the series has been stuck in development hell for a few years now, Vin Diesel believes that fans want more of the Fast & Furious franchise in their lives.
At the NBCUniversal upfront presentation this week, Vin Diesel announced four Fast & Furious television shows are coming to Peacock. Variety reported, however, that sources confirm only one is actually in development.
Vin Diesel’s claim that four Fast & Furious TV shows are in the works was immediately disputed by reports, which say only one is in the works
Vin Diesel simply cannot stop lying about this franchise. https://t.co/1RykpwMkFL pic.twitter.com/mjkGgxWOQd
— Gentleman Doofus (@GentleDoofus) May 11, 2026
Vin Diesel doesn’t even talk about Fast 11 anymore he just looks at you like this https://t.co/TJq5SqKiam pic.twitter.com/Tf3JAl2gFa
— 🕷️Smart Alec🕸️ (@_TheSmartAlec1) May 11, 2026
April Fools was last month https://t.co/xJCj5UhwoJ
— Hernandy D. Morales (@hernandy_s) May 11, 2026
The fans have been literally clamouring for the complete opposite and for this franchise to end… https://t.co/97RQNkRTtG
— Sinking (@EisakuOtomo) May 11, 2026
“For the last decade, we have 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 entire the TV space that [Jimmy] Fallon has mastered,” Diesel said.
“And I had to wait till it was right… 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… The news that I have here today is that Peacock is launching four shows from the Fast & Furious universe.”
This is nothing new from Diesel — who has starred in the Fast & Furious franchise as Dom Toretto since the original 2001 film and clings to it like a life raft as he knows its more or less his last game in Hollywood — as he has spent the better part of a decade making announcements about the franchise that simply do not come to fruition in reality, such as expanded universes, spin-offs, film timelines, etc.
As for the 11th and final film in the franchise, Fast Forever is now officially dated for March 17, 2028, with Fast X filmmaker Louis Leterrier returning to direct. Fast Forever was originally dated for April 4, 2025 — then pushed to a 2026 window (various targets including March 2026, June 2026 floated at different points) — then pushed again to March 17, 2028, which is where it currently sits.
The nearly five-year gap since Fast X‘s 2023 release stems primarily from a budget standoff as it reportedly cost approximately $375 million to make, which is an obscene figure even by today’s Hollywood standards. The film the went on to gross $714 million, which was less than Fast and Furious 6, Furious 7, The Fate of the Furious, Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, and F9: The Fast Saga.
According to previous reports, Universal has been insisting the sequel be made for $200 million while the script reportedly requires $250 million.