TWISTED METAL Clip Shows Anthony Mackie Getting His Ass Kicked by Sweet Tooth
Peacock has released the first clip for its upcoming series adaptation of the hit video game Twisted Metal, and this actually gives us our best look yet at what to expect from the crazy series! The footage features Anthony Mackie’s character, John Doe, getting his ass kicked by Sweet Tooth in a casino!
I’m excited about this series! I grew up playing that incredibly fun original game with my brothers on PlayStation. It looks like this series is going to capture the wild insanity of that game that we all loved! All I was hoping for was that this series would capture the spirt of the game, and I think the creative team is going to succeed in that.
I hope you enjoy the clip below! The series is set to be released on July 27th.
The series follows a motor-mouthed outsider named John Doe, “who is 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, he’ll face savage marauders driving vehicles of destruction and other dangers of the open road, including a deranged clown named who drives an all too familiar ice cream truck, Sweet Tooth.”
The cast also includes Joe Seanoa, a.k.a Samoa Joe, who is set to play the dual role of Sweet Tooth, a character that will be voiced by Will Arnett. Sweet Tooth is “a hilarious and terrifying hulk of a man, who is as emotional as he is cunning. A lover of chaos, this majestic rage-filled killer dons an ever-smiling clown mask and uses ‘Lost Vegas’ as his own personal kill-ground, all while he drives his infamous doomsday ice cream truck.”
The other cast members include Mike Mitchell (The Tomorrow War, Love), Tahj Vaughans (P-Valley), Lou Beatty Jr. (A Million Little Things, NCIS), and Richard Cabral (Mayans M.C., American Crime).
Mitchell portrays Stu, “Mike’s best friend, the Rosencrantz & Guildenstern of this world, and together often find themselves to be more followers than fighters.”
Vaughans plays Mike, “Stu’s best friend, the Rosencrantz & Guildenstern of this world, and together often find themselves to be more followers than fighters.”
Beatty Jr. plays Tommy, “a grizzled and weathered cartographer who knows the dangers of the Wild Midwest.”
Cabral plays Quiet’s “overprotective brother Loud in the live-action video game adaptation.”
Thomas Haden Church also plays Agent Stone, and Neve Campbell.
Cobra Kai writer Michael Jonathan Smith is developing the series, which is based on an original take by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick (Deadpool, Zombieland). It’s said to be a high-octane action-comedy. Will Arnett is also a producer.