“ Twisted Metal has 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 scripted content, NBCUniversal Television and Streaming. 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. TWISTED METAL, a half-hour live-action TV series based on the classic PlayStation game series, is a high-octane action comedy, based on an original take by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick ( Deadpool, Zombieland) 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. Michael Jonathan Smith ( Cobra Kai) will serve as showrunner, writer and executive producer for the live-action comedy from Sony Pictures Television, PlayStation Productions and Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group. Will Arnett and Marc Forman from Electric Avenue ( Murderville), who secured the rights to the material and helped put the project together from the beginning, are also set to executive produce. 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. Mackie plays John Doe, a smart-ass milkman who talks as fast as he drives. Peacock announced today the new action-comedy series TWISTED METAL, a live-action adaptation of the global video game phenomenon.Īnthony Mackie ( The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) is starring and executive producing. Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick will Executive Produce Anthony Mackie to Star as “John Doe” and Executive Produce Will Arnett to Executive Produce
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