Peacock has decided the fate of Anthony Mackie‘s hit action series after two seasons. The streamer has announced that Twisted Metal has been renewed and will proceed with a third season, but there’s a catch. David Reed (The Boys, Supernatural) will take over as showrunner with Michael Jonathan Smith exiting the show. It’s unclear at this time if this is due to creative differences or … Continue reading ‘Twisted Metal’ Renewed for Season 3!!
Anthony Mackie’s year in 2025 so far has been all about Marvel — the star led his first solo movie in Captain America: Brave New World, and he’s currently filming Avengers: Doomsday, the next targeted MCU event film coming next year. However, Mackie is also the star of an explosive TV show that just got an exciting new look. Peacock has unveiled the first official … Continue reading ‘Twisted Metal’ Season 2 Trailer Sees Things Getting Even More Unhinged!! Check It Out!!
Twisted Metal will return to Peacock at the end of next month, and Anthony Mackie’s hit action series just revved up with an exciting new look. Mackie stars in a new sneak peek at Twisted Metal Season 2, showing the tournament hosted by Calypso (Anthony Carrigan). The clip includes best-in-class action that promises to amp things up from Season 1, which was a hit among … Continue reading ‘Twisted Metal’ Season 2 Clip Teases Calypso’s Tournament!! Check It Out!!
Twisted Metal fans, rejoice — Peacock has officially announced that Season 2 of Anthony Mackie’s explosive action series will premiere on July 31. The streamer has unveiled the first-look images from Twisted Metal Season 2, which show Mackie and other stars such as Stephanie Beatriz (Brooklyn Nine-Nine) and Anthony Carrigan (Barry). Peacock has also released the first official teaser for Twisted Metal Season 2, which … Continue reading ‘Twisted Metal’ Season 2 Explosive New Teaser Confirms Release Date!! Check It Out!!
Here comes a new challenger to direct Legendary‘s upcoming Street Fighter movie. After Talk to Me duo Danny and Michael Philippou left the project last year due to scheduling conflicts, Kitao Sakurai has been tapped to take their place in adapting the iconic Capcom fighting game franchise. The transition between creatives at the helm still hasn’t affected the release date yet though, as the live-action … Continue reading ‘Street Fighter’: ‘Twisted Metal’ Director to Helm New Movie!!
The first reviews for Anthony Mackie’s Captain America: Brave New World place the film as one of the lowest-rated movies in MCU history, but another of his projects that was mostly well-received by critics and adored by audiences just got a thrilling new update. Peacock has officially released the first teaser and teaser art for Twisted Metal Season 2, which is coming to the streamer … Continue reading ‘Twisted Metal’ Season 2 Teaser Heads Back Into the Wasteland!! Check It Out!!
Even though Twisted Metal was renewed for Season 2 almost a year ago, Peacock has been light on announcements regarding the new episodes of the series. That changed a bit today with a slate of new actors getting added as recurring stars: Saylor Bell Curda (High School Musical: The Musical: The Series), Michael James Shaw (The Walking Dead) and Lisa Gilroy (Interior Chinatown) will all … Continue reading ‘Twisted Metal’ Season 2 Adds New Recurring Stars!!
The second season of Twisted Metal just received a major update, with Variety confirming that Anthony Carrigan has joined the cast of the Peacock series as Calypso, a character fans of the video game series know really well. Calypso will be introduced as the host and creator of a dangerous demolition derby tournament, where major characters are invited to compete for the opportunity to have … Continue reading ‘Twisted Metal’ Season 2: Anthony Carrigan to Play Calypso!!
Anthony Mackie surprised fans at the 2023 Game Awards. He didn’t just come out to announce the award for Best Ongoing Game (Cyberpunk 2077 won the category), but he also revealed that Twisted Metal was returning for a second season on Peacock. The TV series was also nominated at the Game Awards for Best Adaptation, but it lost to The Last of Us. Mackie arrived on … Continue reading ‘Twisted Metal’ Renewed for Season 2!!
Get ready to start your engines with a new featurette from Twisted Metal, Peacock‘s television adaptation of the classic 1995 video game where twelve different vehicles fight in a brutal war, only to name a winner at the end of each encounter. Anthony Mackie and Stephanie Beatriz will star in the upcoming show, playing characters that will help connect the humor and style of the … Continue reading ‘Twisted Metal’: New Featurette Sees Anthony Mackie and Stephanie Beatriz Playing the Game!! Check It Out!!
The post-apocalyptic open road awaits Anthony Mackie in a new trailer for Peacock‘s upcoming comedy Twisted Metal. Mackie plays John Doe, a motor-mouthed outsider whose life is about to change for the better so long as he can deliver a mysterious package across the wasteland. It should be simple, especially with a car with mounted machine guns, but that’s without accounting for a murderous clown, … Continue reading ‘Twisted Metal’ Trailer Promises a High Octane Adaption Filled with Punchlines!! Check It Out!!
The world of Twisted Metal is most certainly a dangerous one. In a post-apocalyptic land where nearly everyone has a vehicle kitted out with a terrifying amount of weaponry, there’s still one threat that stands out among the rest though – Sweet Tooth. He’s the mascot of PlayStation‘s destruction derby game and completely insane to boot with a flaming mane, a deadly ice cream truck, … Continue reading ‘Twisted Metal’ Clip Sees Anthony Mackie Escaping Sweet Tooth’s Grasp!! Check It Out!!
Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines and put on your best driving tunes. Peacock has released the first teaser trailer for Twisted Metal which has Anthony Mackie locking, loading, and revving up for some vehicular carnage. The new video game adaptation features the Captain America: New World Order star as John Doe, a motor-mouthed outsider destined for a better life, assuming he can survive the … Continue reading ‘Twisted Metal’ Series Adaption Gets a First Teaser!! Check It Out!!
It seems that one of Peacock‘s upcoming series will go fast and furious into post-production soon: This weekend, Twisted Metal writer and executive producer Michael Jonathan Smith (Cobra Kai) took to Twitter to announce that filming has wrapped on the post-apocalyptic show. He also shared a photo of a Twisted Metal glass trophy. The action-comedy series is based on a successful video game franchise that … Continue reading ‘Twisted Metal’ Season 1 Wraps Production!!
Peacock announced today that Will Arnett has joined the Twisted Metal live-action series as Sweet Tooth, the iconic flaming head clown who drives an ice cream truck in the original video game franchise. Arnett is just the latest addition to the star-studded cast led by Anthony Mackie (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier). Besides voicing the titular character in Netflix’s hit animated series BoJack Horseman, … Continue reading ‘Twisted Metal’: Will Arnett to Play Flaming Headed Clown Sweet Tooth in Series Adaption!!
Scream queen Neve Campbell has joined the ever-growing cast of Peacock’s live-action adaptation of Twisted Metal. Campbell, known for her roles as Sidney Prescott in the Scream franchise and most recently as Mickey Haller’s ex-wife in Netflix’s The Lincoln Lawyer, will play Raven, with more details about her character yet to be announced. The iconic scream queen will nab a recurring guest star spot alongside … Continue reading ‘Twisted Metal’: Neve Campbell Joins Series Adaptation as a Recurring Guest Star!!
Thomas Haden Church has just been cast in the new upcoming Peacock comedy series Twisted Metal, a live-action adaptation of the video game phenomenon. Haden Church has been cast alongside the previously announced series leads Anthony Mackie and Stephanie Beatriz. Church is perhaps best known for his roles in Sideways and Spider-Man 3. He will play Agent Stone, a highway patrolman working in the post-apocalypse. … Continue reading ‘Twisted Metal’: Thomas Haden Church Joins Series Adaptation!!
Peacock has announced another casting that will be getting behind the wheel in the streaming service’s upcoming action-comedy series Twisted Metal. Stephanie Beatriz (Encanto, Brooklyn Nine-Nine) has joined the project in a starring role for the live-action adaptation of the video game franchise. Beatriz will be playing the character known as “Quiet,” who is described as a “badass” car thief who relies on her instincts … Continue reading ‘Twisted Metal’: Stephanie Beatriz Joins Series Adaptation!!
The popular demolition franchise, Twisted Metal, which is receiving a half-hour comedic adaptation on Peacock, has finally landed a director, with Deadline exclusively reporting that Kitao Sakurai will helm the upcoming series. Sakurai is known for his work on The Eric Andre Show, having written, produced, and directed episodes of the popular surrealist comedy show on Adult Swim. He recently collaborated with Eric Andre on … Continue reading ‘Twisted Metal’: Kitao Sakurai to Direct Series Adaptation!!
Anthony Mackie has revealed in a new interview with ExtraTV that the Twisted Metal live-action series he is starring in at Peacock will start shooting “in a few weeks,” underlining how the adaptation of the famous vehicular combat videogame franchise is moving at high speed. When asked about his upcoming project, Mackie said he’s following a strict diet with “lots of vegetables and chicken breast” … Continue reading ‘Twisted Metal’: Peacock Series Starring Anthony Mackie to Start Filming Soon!!
Twisted Metal‘s television adaptation has just found an official home at Peacock. Described as a live-action, thirty-minute action-comedy series, the series will star Anthony Mackie as John Doe, a fast-driving milkman, who tries to deliver a strange package in a dangerous environment affected by a major apocalypse, while dealing with other not-so-friendly drivers. Michael Jonathan Smith will serve as showrunner on the series, as well … Continue reading ‘Twisted Metal’: Anthony Mackie led Series Heading to Peacock!!
The Twisted Metal live-action series has found its star. Anthony Mackie, the new Captain America, has signed on to play the lead role of John Doe in the PlayStation Productions project, per Deadline. He’ll enter the titular ring of post-apocalyptic vehicular combat filled with evil clowns and killers in hopes of seeing his greatest wish come true. In the original video game franchise, John Doe … Continue reading ‘Twisted Metal’: Anthony Mackie to Lead PlayStation’s Live-Action Series!!
When you hear the words Twisted Metal, you probably immediately conjure up an image of an insane clown (and his posse) driving around a post-apocalyptic landscape in an ice cream truck from hell. “Sweet Tooth,” the clown in question, will proably feature heavily in the marketing for Sony Pictures Television and PlayStation Productions‘ planned live-action series based on the video game franchise. News of Sony‘s … Continue reading A ‘Twisted Metal’ TV Series is in the Works from ‘Deadpool’ Writers!!
