TWISTED METAL Movie Being Written by GHOST RIDER Scribe

Remember that awesomely chaotic video game Twisted Metal? Well, Sony Pictures is planning to adapt it into a feature film, and they've hired Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance screenwriter Brian Taylor to script it. This will be the first film that Taylor will work on without his movie partner Mark Neveldine. The movie will be produced by Avi and Ari Arad who have produced a ton of Marvel films, including the upcoming Ghost Rider movie and the Spider-Man films.

I honestly haven't played the game since the first one on the original Playstation, but I remember having a blast playing it! The most recent version of the game was actually released on PS3 today. Taylor seems like the right choice to take on such a crazy anarchic world and setting. I think this could be a movie worth looking foward to. 

According to Deadline, "the film will revolve around an underground event that pits a number of combatants in a fight to the death. They are outfitted in armored weaponized cars that are pimped out with heavy weaponry that includes missiles and machine guns. Some drop mines or launch electrical charges. The proprietor of the race is Calypso, a string-puller dedicating to examining the human condition, such as what makes a peaceful man violent, what terrifies a violent man and who will make a Faustian bargain in which they risk their lives. The sole survivor will get any wish granted." The site goes on to say that the "film will include such signature contestant characters as Sweet Tooth, a homicidal clown who drives an ice cream truck, and Doll Face, a young woman who is trapped behind a porcelain mask and who drives an 18-wheeler."

What do you think about Taylor taking on the scripting duty for this Twisted Metal adaptation? I imagine that he and Neveldine will eventually end up signing on to direct it.