Washington DC, May 11 -- NBC Universal has confirmed that four live-action series based on Universal's Fast & Furious action movie franchise are in development. Vin Diesel is set to executive-produce the film, reported Deadline.

The actor Vin Diesel announced the projects, which are set up at Peacock, on stage at the NBCUniversal upfront presentation on Monday morning.

"Peacock is launching four shows in the Fast and the Furious universe," Vin Diesel said as quoted by Deadline.

According to the outlet, Diesel is executive producing the series adaptation. Its pilot will be written by Mike Daniels, who just got an NBC series order for his take on another high-profile title from the NBCUniversal library, The Rockford Files, and Wolfe Cole...