The Fast & Furious franchise is Universal's action series about Dominic Toretto, Brian O'Conner, and a crew of street racers who went from hijacking trucks in Los Angeles to taking on spies and cyber terrorists around the world. The series began with The Fast and the Furious in 2001 and now covers 11 movies, including the Hobbs & Shaw spin-off, along with the Netflix animated series Fast & Furious Spy Racers and several video games, and a live-action Peacock series is on the way. Vin Diesel leads the cast as Dom, and Paul Walker played Brian until his death in 2013, which shaped Furious 7 and the way the series talks about family. John Cena, Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Charlize Theron, and Jason Momoa joined the cast along the way. The final film, Fast Forever, is dated for March 17, 2028, with Louis Leterrier directing. This page covers every movie in the franchise, the main characters, the TV series, the games, and the final film.
Eleven movies have been released so far, and each one is summarized below. The story does not always follow release order, since Tokyo Drift takes place after Fast & Furious 6, and the watch order guide covers how to sort that out.
Rob Cohen directed the original, which follows LAPD officer Brian O'Conner as he goes undercover in the Los Angeles street racing scene while investigating a string of truck hijackings tied to Dominic Toretto's crew.
John Singleton directed this Miami set sequel, which has Brian working with his old friend Roman Pearce, played by Tyrese Gibson, to take down a drug lord. Vin Diesel does not appear in this one.
Justin Lin took over the series with this standalone story about teenager Sean Boswell, played by Lucas Black, who gets sent to Tokyo and falls into drift racing. It introduces Han Lue, played by Sung Kang, and Diesel shows up in the final scene as Dom.
Dom, Brian, Mia, and Letty come back together after Letty's apparent death, and the movie sends Dom and Brian after a drug lord on both sides of the Mexico border.
The crew goes to Rio de Janeiro for a heist against crime boss Hernan Reyes while Dwayne Johnson debuts as federal agent Luke Hobbs, who is hunting them. This is where the series shifts from street racing to heist movies.
Hobbs recruits the crew to stop Owen Shaw, played by Luke Evans, across Europe, and Letty returns alive with no memory of her past. The mid-credits scene ties back to Tokyo Drift and introduces Jason Statham as Deckard Shaw.
James Wan directed this one, which sends Deckard Shaw after the crew to avenge his brother. It is Paul Walker's final film, and it ends with a farewell to Brian.
F. Gary Gray directed this entry, in which Dom turns on his own crew while working for the cyberterrorist Cipher, played by Charlize Theron. Deckard Shaw ends up on the team.
David Leitch directed this spin-off with Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham, who team up against Brixton, played by Idris Elba, over a deadly virus. Vanessa Kirby plays Hattie Shaw.
Justin Lin returned for F9, which brings in Dom's brother Jakob, played by John Cena, and brings back Han. Roman and Tej also go to space.
Louis Leterrier directed Fast X, also known as Fast & Furious 10, which has Jason Momoa as Dante Reyes, the son of Hernan Reyes, who wants revenge on Dom for the Rio heist. The movie ends on a cliffhanger.
Vin Diesel plays Dominic Toretto and Paul Walker played Brian O'Conner. Michelle Rodriguez plays Letty Ortiz, Jordana Brewster plays Mia Toretto, Tyrese Gibson plays Roman Pearce, Ludacris plays Tej Parker, and Sung Kang plays Han Lue.
Dwayne Johnson plays Luke Hobbs and Jason Statham plays Deckard Shaw, the two leads of Hobbs & Shaw. Nathalie Emmanuel plays Ramsey, Charlize Theron plays Cipher, and Jason Momoa plays Dante Reyes. John Cena plays Jakob Toretto in F9 and Fast X, and he also stars in Matchbox The Movie on Apple TV.
Paul Walker died on November 30, 2013, in a car accident while Furious 7 was still being filmed. Production paused, and the movie was finished using his brothers Caleb and Cody Walker as stand-ins along with digital effects. The ending of Furious 7 was written as Brian's send-off, and Cody Walker still co-founds the FuelFest car event with Tyrese Gibson.
Fast & Furious Spy Racers is an animated series from DreamWorks Animation that began streaming on Netflix in December 2019 and ran through 2021. It follows Dom's teenage cousin Tony Toretto, voiced by Tyler Posey, who is recruited by a government agency along with a group of young drivers.
Peacock has greenlit a live-action Fast & Furious series with a premiere aimed at 2028. Mike Daniels and Wolfe Coleman are the co-showrunners and wrote the pilot, and Universal Television is producing it. Vin Diesel is an executive producer alongside Sam Vincent, Neal H. Moritz, Pavun Shetty, Jeff Kirschenbaum, and Chris Morgan. No story details or cast have been announced, so it is unknown whether any characters from the movies will appear.
Diesel announced the series at NBCUniversal's Upfront presentation in May 2026 and said four Fast & Furious shows were coming to Peacock. NBCUniversal clarified that only one is officially in development. The other three were described as projects from The Endgame's Nick Wooton and House of the Dragon's Charmaine DeGraté, Griselda showrunner Ingrid Escajeda, and Lucifer showrunner Joe Henderson.
The franchise has a handful of console games, including The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift in 2006, Fast & Furious: Showdown in 2013, and Fast & Furious Crossroads in 2020. Crossroads came from Slightly Mad Studios and Bandai Namco, and it plays closer to the heist and spy era of the series than to the original street racing.
Fast X ended on a cliffhanger that was meant to lead into a two part finale. The sequel was first called Fast X: Part 2 and dated for April 2027 by Diesel, and in January 2026 Universal gave it the title Fast Forever and a release date of March 17, 2028. Louis Leterrier is directing, and it is positioned as the last film in the main series.
The path to the finale has been bumpy. The Wall Street Journal reported in 2025 that the sequel lacked an approved script and that Universal wanted a lower budget after Fast X, which was reported to have cost around $340 million. A spin-off called Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Reyes is also in development with no release date.
There are 11 Fast & Furious movies so far, including the spin-off Hobbs & Shaw, and a twelfth film called Fast Forever is dated for March 17, 2028.
Fast Forever is positioned as the final film in the main series, and Universal has dated it for March 17, 2028.
Yes, Peacock has greenlit a live-action Fast & Furious series from co-showrunners Mike Daniels and Wolfe Coleman, with a premiere aimed at 2028. The animated series Fast & Furious Spy Racers is also on Netflix.
Hobbs & Shaw is a spin-off that follows Luke Hobbs and Deckard Shaw and sits between The Fate of the Furious and F9 in the timeline.
John Cena plays Dom's brother Jakob Toretto in F9 and Fast X.