The damn Sweet Tooth returns, and that is synonymous with spectacle: Twisted Metal is the next video game that PlayStation Productions will bring to television, and that it arrives through NBCUniversal makes the project even more interesting: the goal set for both the fan and the viewer just looking for something entertaining to see is summarized in deliver high-octane action for the small screen and, as we will see, the essential factors are already aligned. Well, almost all.
The truth is that the third PlayStation Productions project after the Uncharted movie and The Last of Us starts with a clear disadvantage: more than a decade has passed since the last PlayStation game. Twisted Metal, and that in the video game industry is a real outrage. Although, on the other hand, the franchise will receive a new impetus and that opens up interesting possibilities.
now what Twisted Metal It is one of the first sagas of PlayStation itself, but it does not mean that we must make the presentations properly and have to answer essential questions: what is the video game about, how has it been brought to the television format and what does the new Captain America look like in the middle of all this. Or, rather, the actor Anthony Mackie.
The good news is that you have come to the right place: in iGamesNews We have all the answers for the series, starting with the most essential of all: when will the series air? Twisted Metal, who participates in front of and behind the cameras and what are the chances that it will be released in Europe and other countries. Let’s start with the first.
Release date and number of episodes
The television series Twisted Metal will be released on Thursday, July 27, 2023 through Peacock, NBCUniversal’s subscription service that is broadcast in the United States. However, and this is important, its exclusive content and original series have reached Europe through the recently released Sky Showtime. For reference, the first season of Halo came to television through it.
We know por IMDB that the first season of Twisted Metal, the only one announced, will consist of ten episodes of about half an hour. What has not been detailed yet is whether they will be released simultaneously on the same day 27 as is the case with the Netflix series or at the rate of one each week like HBO. The reason: for years Peacock has been experienced with both formats.
It is unknown if later Twisted Metal will be released on disc or PlayStation Productions has plans to offer the series in another form. For reference, The Last of Us (also produced by Sony) will be released on Blu-Ray with a margin of about six months compared to the streaming premiere.
Neither PlayStation productions nor Peacock have talked about the production of a second season, although we also know of the enormous interest in the first in expanding PlayStation games, both through cinema and television. In fact, Netflix will adapt Horizon Zero Dawn and Amazon God of War. Two franchises with a much larger current draft.
The plot: what is Twisted Metal about?
the games saga Twisted Metal hardly needs context: essentially this is a much more brutal version of the demolition derby formula, allowing just about anything from aggressive behavior to vehicle modification to, for that matter, the use of any kind of weapons that guarantee the show and secure victory. And that, in essence, will be the fuel of the television series. Another thing are the reasons that will lead to John Doe to get behind the wheel.
Although Sweet Tooth is the most recognizable face of the saga Twisted Metal, going unnoticed with that clown mask is complicated, the protagonist and who will take the reins of the series is John Doe, a skilled driver without mincing words (interpreted by Anthony Mackie) who is faced with a curious predicament: in order to obtain a better life, he must traverse a terribly hostile post-apocalyptic wasteland and deliver a package. The problem is not the road, of course, but Who will you share it with?
Continued what was seen in video games, Twisted Metal will feature motorized combat between outlandish vehicles ranging from Muscle Cars modified with machine guns to ice cream carts piloted by masked psychopaths. Of course, between one thing and another, Doe will find allies for his cause, such as the intrepid Quiet (Stephanie Beatriz), lunatics who don’t understand reason like Sweet Tooth (with the interpretation of Samoa Joe and the voice of Will Arnett) and a group of savage marauders eager to blow up vehicles.
As reference, Eat Sleep Play opted to give a new context to the video game saga with its own background in Twisted Metal’s 2012 reboot for PS3, delivering a three-act story recounting the origins of Sweet Tooth, the rise and fall of Daniel Grimm, and Krista ‘Dollface’ Sparks’ obsession with fame. Will John Doe finish better than all of them? For now, his priority is to end the day without becoming a strainer.
Twisted Metal: the cast and direction of the series
It may be that in videogames the steering wheel is carried by us, but in Twisted Metal the pilots will be the true engine of the series. And PlayStation Productions has been in charge of finding especially well-known faces and voices to cover its new production for the small screen.
Anthony Mackie as John Doe
started being Falcon and now is the new Captain America at the UCM, however the trajectory and talent of Anthony Mackie speak for themselves: on television we have seen it in Altered Carbon, Black Mirror and even in the NBA 2K19 video game. He now starts as the absolute protagonist of Twisted Metal.
Stephanie Beatriz as Quiet
You have been listening to her sing for years, perhaps without knowing it: Stephanie Beatriz is the voice of Mirabel Madrigal in the film Charmand has a special gift for comedy that has been evident in Brooklyn Nine-Nine as Detective Rosa Diaz. What can you do behind the wheel? We are prepared for whatever.
Joe Seanoa y Will Arnett como Sweet Tooth
The paper of Sweet Tooth will not be played by one, but by two actors: Joe Seanoa will put the muscle, the silhouette and the mask behind his own career as a professional wrestler, while Will Arnett (original voice of BoJack Horseman) will lend his voice to the character.
In addition to the above, the cast will be completed with Thomas Haden Church like Agent Stone (there must be some law), Richard Cabral like Loud, Neve Campbell (yes, the one from the Scream saga) as Raven and Lou Beatty Jr. like Tommy, among others, although we are more than sure that we will see a good assortment of cameos, stellar appearances and nods to the video game team.
The weight of the series rests on the shoulders of Rhett Reese y Paul Wernick, who act as showrunners for the adaptation, delegating the script to Michael Jonathan Smith, whose signature appears on 27 episodes of Cobra Kai. In addition, we know that the first episode will be directed by Kitao Sakurai in addition to one more, and that both Bill Benz as Jude Weng they shot two chapters each.
On Sony’s side, Asad Qizilbash (of PlayStation Productions) has been involved in the creative process and notable names and producers stand out, including PlayStation figures such as Hermen Hulst. In addition, actors Anthony Mackie and Will Arnett also serve as executive producers of Twisted Metal.
On the production of Twisted Metal, the series
The premiere of Twisted Metal on television will be a milestone in itself for Sony: in 2012 the process of adapting the video game to the big screen was announced by Brian Taylor (the two installments of Crank and Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance) although it will be confirmed later that it will end in nothing. Well, almost nothing: from the ashes of the initiative was born Slaughter Race, the fictional video game for the film Ralph Rompe Internet from Disney.
with everything, carry Twisted Metal Beyond video games has always been a priority for Sony: as soon as PlayStation Productions was announced, the film label dedicated specifically to its own titles and sagas, development of the project began in May 2019, finding a partner in Peacock in February 2022. A year earlier, yes, it had already been announced that Anthony Mackie will be the protagonist.
He estimated budget of the first season of Twisted Metal is nothing less than $72.3 million. We know that it was shot entirely in New Orleans between the months of May and August 2022, although there were external complications due to the threat of hurricanes and different mechanical problems. Elements that, in a way, fit very well with the chaotic universe of games.
Now, we will have to wait until April 2023 to be able to see the first trailer and have a release date: Peacock began by showing a first poster for a day after confirming the broadcast of July 27, 2023. With a few days to spare, by the way, in view of the next great project of PlayStation Productions: the Gran Turismo movie.
Trailer and images of Twisted Metal
It doesn’t matter that more than ten years have passed since the last game: Twisted Metal come back all the way. However, what is interesting is that the goal is not to catch up with The Last of Us as an adaptation, but to replicate the crazy sensations of action and passion for the Fast and Furious engine on the small screen.
Will he manage to be one of the summer bombings? For now, what has been shown already points to ways.
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