PlayStation’s Twisted Metal series will be a comedy on Peacock
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Needles Kane was the terrifying face of the Twisted Metal games. | Image: Sony Interactive Entertainment via Peacock Sony's Twisted Metal TV show, an adaptation of the video game series starring Falcon actor Anthony Mackie, will debut on the Peacock streaming service and is officially labeled as a comedy. Early last year, we heard the vehicular combat-themed show was in the works and being produced by Will Arnett and helmed by Michael Jonathan Smith. On Monday, we learned that each episode of the PlayStation Productions show will be 30 minutes and will attempt to make audiences laugh.
It's understandable if your memory of the Twisted Metal video games is a bit hazy - the first one was released in 1995, and we haven't gotten a new one since 2012. As a refresher, they mainly center on driving around a heavily armored car and trying to defeat others who...