Neve Campbell (Scream, The Lincoln Lawyer) will be riding shotgun for Peacock‘s live-action Twisted Metal series. The modern-day scream queen is joining the series in a recurring role. Campbell will play Raven alongside Anthony Mackie (Altered Carbon, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier), Stephanie Beatriz (Encanto, Brooklyn Nine-Nine), and Thomas Haden Church (Spider-Man: No Way Home, Sideways). Raven is a contestant introduced in Twisted Metal: Black. she is the driver of Shadow.
The live-action Twisted Metal series is coming from Cobra Kai writer Michael Jonathan Smith and is based on an original take by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick. The show will be a half-hour action-comedy about a motor-mouthed outsider (Mackie) 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 trigger-happy car thief (Beatriz), 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.
Kitao Sakurai directs, with Smith also serving as showrunner. Reese and Wernick executive produce the series alongside Sakurai, Smith, Mackie, Will Arnett, Marc Forman of Electric Avenue, Jason Spire of Inspire Entertainment, Peter Principato of Artists First, Asad Qizilbash and Carter Swan from PlayStation Productions, and Hermen Hulst, Head of PlayStation Studios. The series is co-produced by Sony Pictures Television, Playstation Productions, and Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group.
Do you think this project stands on its own, or is this perhaps a part of Sony’s plan to relaunch the series with a new game? The thought of a new Twisted Metal running on Playstation 5 hardware does sound appealing, especially during a time when a game like Rocket League is still making money hand over fist.
Are you excited about Peacock’s live-action Twisted Metal adaptation? You have to admit that the cast is shaping up nicely. I hope they find a way to present this property that will keep audiences engaged. Let’s go!