The series has been commercially successful.
Two short films that tie into the series have also been released. Soundtrack albums have been released for all the films, as well as compilation albums containing existing music heard in the films. Universal expanded the series to include 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). The series transitioned towards heists and spying with Fast Five (2011), which was followed by five sequels in that genre, the most recent of which, Fast X, was released on May 19, 2023. It began the original tetralogy of films focused on illegal street racing, which culminated in the film Fast & Furious (2009). 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 films are distributed by Universal Pictures. The franchise also includes short films, a television series, toys, video games, live shows, and theme park attractions. The Fast and the Furious: Extreme Close-Upįast & Furious (also known as The Fast and the Furious) is a media franchise centered on a series of action films that are largely concerned with street racing, heists, spies, and family. JSTOR ( June 2023) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. This article needs additional citations for verification.