The Fast and the Furious is getting an Animated Series from Netflix

[Pennywise]

Netflix is expanding its relationship with DreamWorks Animation and Universal Pictures.

The streaming giant has handed out a straight-to-series order for an animated show based on The Fast and the Furious franchise.

The series is the first to come out of a newly expanded deal that gives the streaming giant a first-look at DreamWorks Animation shows based on Universal film properties following Comcast-NBCUniversal's acquisition of the animation studio. DreamWorks will continue to create series based on original and acquired intellectual property.

The Fast and the Furious animated show builds on a five-year deal between DWA and Netflix that has resulted in 14 original series on the streaming service, including Guillermo del Toro and Marc Guggenheim's Trollhunters as well as Spirit Riding Free and All Hail King Julien, with four additional shows set to bow this year.

“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,” said Melissa Cobb, Vice President of Kids and Family. “The Fast and the 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.”

The Fast and the Furious animated show revolves around teenager Tony Toretto, who 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 crime organization bent on world domination. Tim Hedrick (DreamWorks Voltron Legendary Defender) and Bret Haaland (All Hail King Julien) executive produce and serve as showrunners. The series is executive produced by Vin Diesel, Neal Moritz and Chris Morgan who also serve as producers on the live-action Fast and the Furious franchise.

The Universal film franchise has already unspooled eight films and grossed $5 billion worldwide. The ninth and 10th films in the franchise bow in April 2020 and April 2021.

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Hmmm.

 

[Lencho01]

I always had a feeling something like this would happen eventually.

 

[Fallen Angel]

Might be a bit too late considering they've done 8 movies now but it would've worked if they decided to do it right after the first 2 movies.

 

[David H.]

an elite racing league serving as a front for a nefarious crime organization bent on world domination.

Yes.

 

[Drizzle]

 

[terry78]

It's the 80s all over again.

 

[Sawyer]

It's not truly the 80s until we get into some really age-inappropriate **** getting turned into cartoons. Like The Purge or something.

 

[Silvermoth]

Is the rock in it? If he’s not I’m returning it to the shop.

Haha no but seriously I’ll give it a go

 

[psylockolussus]

At this point Netflix would just pick up anything.

 

[_Superman_]

As much as I don't like the idea of this series. This actually might be a good way of keeping Brain and Mia involved.

 

[TeeKay]