Fast & Furious
| Fast & Furious | |
|---|---|
Official franchise logo | |
| Created by | Gary Scott Thompson |
| Original work | The Fast and the Furious (2001) |
| Owner | Universal Pictures |
| Years | 2001–present |
| Based on | "Racer X" by Kenneth Li |
| Films and television | |
| Film(s) | List of films |
| Short film(s) | List of short films |
| Animated series | Fast & Furious Spy Racers (2019–2021) |
| Games | |
| Traditional | Fast & Furious: Highway Heist |
| Video game(s) | List of video games |
| Audio | |
| Soundtrack(s) | List of soundtracks |
| Original music | List of music |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Toy(s) | List of toys |
| Theme park attraction(s) | The Fast and the Furious: Extreme Close-Up (2006–2013) Fast & Furious: Supercharged (2015–present) Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift (opening 2026) |
| Official website | |
| Official website | |
Fast & Furious (formerly known as The Fast and the Furious) is an American action media franchise centered on a series of films revolving around street racing, heists, and spies. The franchise also includes short films, a television series, toys, video games, live shows, theme park and museum attractions. The films are distributed by Universal Pictures.
The first film, based on the 1998 Vibe magazine article "Racer X" by Ken Li and written by Gary Scott Thompson, Erik Bergquist, and David Ayer, was released in 2001. The first four films focused on illegal street racing, culminating in Fast & Furious (2009). The series moved towards heists and espionage with Fast Five (2011), which was followed by five further films in that genre. An eleventh and final film, Fast Forever, is set to be released in 2028.
Universal expanded the franchise with the short films Turbo Charged Prelude (2003) and Los Bandoleros (2009) and the spin-off film Hobbs & Shaw (2019), while its subsidiary DreamWorks Animation followed this with the six-season animated streaming television series Fast & Furious Spy Racers (2019–2021). Further spin-offs are currently in development. Soundtrack albums have been released for all the films, as well as compilation albums containing existing music heard in the films.
The series has been commercially successful. It is Universal's biggest franchise and the eighth highest-grossing film series of all time, with a combined gross of over $7 billion. Critical reception of the franchise has been mixed, though the fifth through seventh entries have been more positively received.