The Fast & Furious franchise has become such a global phenomenon that we keep getting sequels, we’re getting a spinoff and now we’re getting an animated series. Word has just come in that Netflix is setting up a Fast & Furious animated series and it is the first series in an expansion of an ongoing multi-year deal between Netflix and DreamWorks Animation Television.
In the Fast & Furious animated series, teenager Tony Toretto follows in the footsteps of his cousin Dom when he and his friends are recruited by a government agency to infiltrate an elite racing league serving as a front for a nefarious criminal organization bent on world domination. Tim Hedrick (DreamWorks Voltron Legendary Defender) and Bret Haaland (All Hail King Julien) will serve as executive producers and showrunners. Also on board as a producer is franchise godfather, Vin Diesel.
Melissa Cobb, Netflix’s VP of Kids and Family, had this to say about the new series:
“We are thrilled to take our fantastic partnership with DreamWorks Animation to the next level with new opportunities from the vast library of Universal Pictures. The Fast & Furious franchise is a global phenomenon beloved by audiences of all ages, and we can’t wait to get started on the new animated series that will capture the action, heart, humor and global appeal of the feature films.”
Fast & Furious has become Universal’s most-profitable and longest-running franchise, earning more than $5 billion worldwide over the course of eight films. Furious 7 was one of the fastest movies to reach $1 billion worldwide in box-office history and the sixth-biggest global title of all time. It was followed by The Fate of the Furious, which debuted in theaters as the biggest global opening ever. The next film in the franchise, a spinoff featuring The Rock and Jason Statham, hits theaters in July 2019, while chapters 9 and 10 arrive in April 2020 and April 2021.
