TheTwisted Metalseries has found its home. PerDeadline, the video game adaptation is heading to NBCUniversal’s streaming service Peacock where it has just been given a full series order. As previously reported, the show starsAnthony Mackie(The Falcon and the Winter Soldier), who’s also set to lead his own Captain America movie for Marvel Studios and Disney.
Michael Jonathan Smith (Cobra Kai) is writing the series and will serve as showrunner. Mackie and Smith are executive producing alongside Will Arnett and Marc Forman under their Electric Avenue production banner. The series is based on an original take by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick (Deadpool,Zombieland). The project is a collaboration between Sony Pictures TV, Playstation Productions, and Universal Television. Reese and Wernick are also executive producing with Jason Spire of Inspire Entertainment, Peter Principato of Artists First, Asad Qizilbash, and Carter Swan from PlayStation Productions, and Hermen Hulst, Head of PlayStation Studios.
Based on the video games,Twisted Metalis a high-octane action-comedy series about a “motor-mouthed outsider offered a chance at a better life, but only if he can successfully deliver a mysterious package across a post-apocalyptic wasteland. With the help of a trigger-happy car thief, he’ll face savage marauders driving vehicles of destruction and other dangers of the open road, including a deranged clown who drives an all too familiar ice cream truck.”
Mackie’s character, John Doe, is described as a “smart-ass milkman who talks as fast as he drives. With no memory of his past, John gets a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make his wish of finding community come true, but only if he can survive an onslaught of savage vehicular combat.”
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Twisted Metal Has Needed a Live-Action Adaptation for Over 25 Years
“Twisted Metalhas been a global phenomenon for more than 25 years but it was the creative vision for this live-action adaptation, led by Michael Jonathan Smith, Rhett Reese, and Paul Wernick, that blew us away. Also Anthony Mackie starring made it undeniable!” said Lisa Katz, president of scripted content, NBCUniversal Television and Streaming, in a statement. “This adrenaline-infused comedy series is in expert hands with our partners at Sony Pictures Television, Playstation Productions and Universal Television, and will be the perfect addition to Peacock as we continue to look for uniquely entertaining programs.”
“We are thrilled that our first series with our good friends at Peacock is with our amazing partners at Electric Avenue, Universal Television, and colleagues at PlayStation Productions,” adds Jeff Frost, President, Sony Pictures Television Studios, and Jason Clodfelter, Co-President, Sony Pictures Television Studios. “Michael Jonathan Smith and Rhett and Paul have ingeniously brought this high-action comedy to life and we are so fortunate to have Anthony at the center of the show. We look forward to this incredible team blowing audiences away with this twisted and inventive concept.”
Playstation Production head Asad Qizilbash added, “Twisted Metalis one of PlayStation’s most beloved franchises. We are thrilled to have such an amazing creative team and partners working together who have such passion for this iconic property. We can’t wait for fans to see what we have planned for them.”
A release date hasn’t yet been announced on Peacock for theTwisted Metalseries.
