In what can be termed as good news for the ‘Fast and Furious’ fans, the studio has announced plans to produce animated series on the action franchise at Netflix, with DreamWorks behind the brand-new venture.
The Fast and the Furious is an American franchise based on a series of action films that is largely concerned with illegal street racing, heists and espionage.
The plot will follow a new character Tony Toretto – the cousin of Vin Diesel’s character, Dominic Toretto, the character played by franchise star Vin Diesel across seven of the eight films. Recruited by the government to infiltrate an elite racing league, Tony and his friends are tasked with taking down the criminal organization that uses the league as a front for its operations.
Melissa Cobb of Netflix was quoted from the Radio Times: “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.”
Vin Diesel, Neal Moritz and Chris Morgan will be executive producers of the series. Tim Hedrick (Voltron Legendary Defender) and Bret Haaland (All Hail King Julien) also serving as executive producers and showrunners.
DreamWorks also released a promotional image from the series to announce the series.
“We are excited to extend and expand our successful relationship with Netflix by not only delivering more high-quality DreamWorks programming, but connecting fans of Universal films with fascinating new stories,” Margie Cohn, president of DreamWorks Animation Television was quoted as saying in Variety.
“Our new home at Universal marks an exciting new chapter for storytelling at our studio, and Fast & Furious is only the beginning,” Margie further stated.
The eight films in the Fast and Furious franchise have earned more than USD 5 billion worldwide.
Currently, the ninth installment of the film is due to be released in April 2020, with the tenth movie scheduled to follow in April 2021.
