*Peacock has released the teaser trailer for the upcoming series “Twisted Metal,” based on the blockbuster PlayStation video game franchise.
The series stars Anthony Mackie as John Doe who, per the press release, “drives across the Divided States of America in search of a place to belong. You’ll laugh as an enigmatic woman named Quiet, played by Stephanie Beatriz, throws John’s world for a loop after a chance encounter, forcing the two together and changing both their lives for the better. You will root for our heroes to take down psychotic highway patrolman Agent Stone, played by Thomas Haden Church, who sees the world in black and blue. And you’ll discover a surprising soulfulness to our deranged, murderous clown Sweet Tooth, voiced by Will Arnett and performed by Joe Seanoa aka wrestler Samoa Joe.”
Per the official synopsis, “Twisted Metal” is a half-hour live-action TV series based on an original take by Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick and written by Michael Jonathan Smith, 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 badass axe-wielding 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.”
Check out the teaser trailer below.
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Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick (Deadpool, Zombieland), executive produce the series aligned with Will Arnett and Marc Forman (Electric Avenue), Jason Spire (Inspire Entertainment), Peter Principato (Artists First), Asad Qizilbash and Carter Swan from PlayStation Productions and Hermen Hulst, Head of PlayStation Studios, oer the news release.
Mackie stars and EP’s the series that also features Stephanie Beatriz, Thomas Haden Church, Will Arnett and Joe Seanoa. Series guest stars include Neve Campbell, Richard Cabral, Mike Mitchell, Tahj Vaughans, and Lou Beatty Jr.
As Complex reports, showrunner and writer Michael Jonathan Smith gushed about the forthcoming series in a letter addressed to “esteemed members of the press.”
“The year was 2001,” Smith said. “Weezer had welcomed fans to an Island in the Sun. Shrek was an all-star at the box office. Pizza Hut had delivered a salami pizza to the International Space Station. And I was a sixteen year old nerd who had just purchased Twisted Metal: Black. The second I inserted that disc into my PlayStation 2, I was transported to a chaotic demolition derby that left me cackling with glee at the chaos of it all. That inescapable feeling of joy is what I wanted to bring to life in our show. “
The 10-episode series will debut on Peacock on July 27. See the new teaser trailer up top.
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