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Twisted Metal TV series gets first trailer and premiere date

Anthony Mackie stars in a live-action spin on the PlayStation classic.

At long last, we have a teaser for the live-action Twisted Metal TV series and a premiere date. 

On Tuesday, Peakcock released the first-ever trailer for Twisted Metal. It’ll be a loose adaptation of the classic PlayStation franchise starring none other than Anthony Mackie (The Falcon and the Winter Solider). Other confirmed actors include Stephanie Beatriz (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), Thomas Haden Church (Spider-Man: No Way Home), and Will Arnett (Arrested Development). Quite a stacked cast, all told. 

Check out the trailer for yourself below. It doesn’t give away much about the story, but you can catch a glimpse of pro-wrestler Samoa Joe’s take on Sweet Tooth – Twisted Metal‘s sadistic clown and unofficial mascot.

Twisted Metal premieres on July 27, 2023, for Peakcock – a little over three months from now. 

Interestingly enough, Will Arnett is voicing Sweet Tooth while Samoa Joe is in costume – so both actors will bring the character to life. It’s very similar to how David Prowse donned the Darth Vader suit for Star Wars: A New Hope, while James Earl Jones was responsible for voiceover.

Horror fans will be happy to hear that Nev Campbell (Scream) is part of the Twisted Metal cast as well – though we don’t see her in the trailer.

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.

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Will Arnet will voice Sweet Tooth in Twisted Metal

He’ll also serve as executive producer on the TV series.

Peacock’s Twisted Metal TV show is shaping up rather nicely. At least as far as the cast goes.

A report by Variety confirms that Will Arnett, best-known for Arrested Development and BoJack Horseman, will voice the sinister clown Sweet Tooth in Twisted Metal. Anyone familiar with the classic PlayStation series will undoubtedly remember that devilish yet hair-raising jester. I certainly do, despite never once touching the series. I’m curious how the character will appear on-screen since it’s a live-action series, and Arnett is only doing the voice.

Arnett joins the likes of Stephanie Beatriz, Thomas Haden Church, Anthony Mackie, and Nev Campbell. Unlike the rest, Arnett is also an executive producer on Twisted Metal alongside Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick — the duo best known for writing the Deadpool films. At the same time, Michael Jonathan Smith of Cobra Kai fame takes on writer, executive producer, and showrunner duties.

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Twisted Metal is only one of several video game adaptations in the works at Sony Pictures. The company is working with Netflix on Horizon Zero Dawn and God of War for Amazon Prime.

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.

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Nev Campbell joins the cast of Twisted Metal

Scream’s finest is ready for vehicular mayhem.

So Peacock is working on a live-action Twisted Metal TV series, and another big star is on board.

Deadline reports that Nev Campbell, best known for her lead role in the Scream series, is joining the cast of Twisted Metal. She’ll be playing Raven, a character introduced in Twisted Metal: Black back in 2001. It’s hard to believe that game is 20 years old now, but it’s still the fan-favorite. Other actors attached to the show include Anthony Mackie, Stephanie Beatriz, and Thomas Haden Church.

Twisted Metal will be a half-hour action-comedy about vehicular combat in the post-apocalypse. Shocking, I know, but there’s not been an entry in the video game series since 2012’s soft reboot on PS3, so a refresher is in order. However, Sony might be working on another one right now.

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Aside from Campbell’s work on Scream, the actress currently stars in The Lincoln Lawyer on Netflix. She also played LeAnn Harvey in House of Cards. As a massive horror fan, she’ll always be Sidney Prescott to me.

It’ll likely be ages before we see anything of substance from this show since it hasn’t begun filming yet, but the cast looks solid. Hopefully, with the success of Sonic the Hedgehog 2, we’ll see more solid video game adaptations.

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.

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Sony first-party studio reportedly taking over development of Twisted Metal reboot

Painted black.

Rumors of a Twisted Metal  reboot began to swirl about last year, and Sony is reportedly handing the project off to a first-part studio.

According to a Video Games Chronicle  (VGC) report from last fall, a reboot of the classic car-combat series was in development at Lucid Games, the studio responsible for Destruction All-Stars. However, VGC now claims  that Sony is handing the project to one of its first-party studios in Europe. 

The report doesn’t specify which of Sony’s European studios would handle Twisted Metal, though there’s no shortage of talented developers across the pond. Guerrilla Games, the studio behind Horizon Forbidden West, along with Housemarque, who brought us Returnal  last year, are just a couple under Sony Europe’s umbrella.

There’s been no official word on a Twisted Metal  video game reboot yet, though a live-action TV adaptation is in the works from the same production studio working on  Uncharted  starring Tom Holland. Hopefully it doesn’t end up as a poor film adaptation.

If the reboot is indeed happening, it’ll likely end up as a  big exclusive for the PS5. However, we won’t know for sure one way or another until Sony makes an official announcement of some kind.

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.

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