TV adaptation of the video game Twisted Metal: Will Arnett, Sweet Tooth

One of Sony PlayStation most recognizable franchises might explode and explode on your TV soon. Twisted metal, the chaotic sci-fi demolition derby game, is being adapted for the small screen by the writers of the dead Pool movies, and one of the authors of Cobra Kai.

The idea of ​​a Twisted metal The show started to percolate in 2019, and now the writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick (Dead Pool, Zombieland) teamed up with Michael Jonathan Smith (Cobra Kai) to break the case. Reese and Wernick will be the executive producers with Smith, who will write and show.

According to Variety, who broke the news, the story follows “a motor-mouthed alien who is given a chance at a better life, but only if he manages to deliver a mysterious package through a post-apocalyptic desert.” With the help of a trigger-happy car thief, he’ll take on savage marauders driving destruction vehicles and other open road dangers, including a deranged clown … who drives an ice cream truck too familiar, that fans of the game will be known as Sweet Tooth. »Will Arnett’s Production Company Electric Avenue is also on board.

Twisted metal debuted in 1995 with the release of the first PlayStation and has been a staple of the platform ever since. While each game has its own variation of the story, the main gameplay is usually just a limitless demolition derby between all manner of themed vehicles and driven by people with unique and sinister personalities. But instead of crashing into each other, the vehicles have guns and bombs and all kinds of destructive abilities. The last vehicle standing wins.

“We like Twisted metal in all its twisted madness, ”Glenn Adilman, executive vice president of comedy development for Sony Pictures Television, told Variety. “Michael Jonathan Smith came out of the park with an action-packed and brilliantly fun adaptation and we are grateful for the support of Rhett, Paul, Will and our friends on PlayStation.”

There’s no word on the show’s timeline or any clues about the cast (Variety points out that while Arnett may voice Sweet Tooth, no deal exists yet) but with streaming eating up content like Truckasaurus , you imagine it will land somewhere sooner rather than later.

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