'Fast & Furious' will be getting an animated Netflix series

Buckle your seatbelt, baby, because Fast & Furious is becoming a cartoon.

The Fast & Furious franchise is being turned into an animated series, Netflix announced on Monday, as a part of Netflix's deal with DreamWorks Animation. The new series focuses on the younger cousin of Dom (Vin Diesel) from the movie franchise and is aimed at a younger demographic.

Netflix did not announce a specific release date for the new animated series, but they did provide some insight on what the show will be about:

"Teenager Tony Toretto follows in the footsteps of his cousin Dom when he and his friends are recruited by a government agency to infiltrate an elite racing league serving as a front for a nefarious crime organization bent on world domination," Netflix said in a release. Read more...