Peacock announced today thatWill Arnetthasjoined theTwisted Metallive-action series as Sweet Tooth, the iconic flaming head clown who drives an ice cream truck in the original video game franchise. Arnett is just the latest addition to the star-studded cast led byAnthony Mackie(The Falcon and the Winter Soldier).
Besides voicing the titular character in Netflix’s hit animated seriesBoJack Horseman, Arnett has already lent his voice to numerous high-profile projects, such asRatatouille,Horton Hears a Who!, andDespicable Me. Arnett also voices Batman in the LEGO movie franchise, and now is bound to create another iconic character as the body and voice of Sweet Tooth. Peacock describes the clown as emotional and cunning, which also underlines how the clown who drives an ice cream truck is also passionate about chaos and destruction.
In the original PlayStationTwisted Metalfranchise, a group of contestants must face each other in insane arenas during a tournament created for the sadistic amusement of the public. Behind the wheels of a death machine, each driver must kill their adversaries with whatever tool they can find in hopes of getting their deepest wish granted by a mysterious man. So far, little is known about theTwisted Metallive-action adaptation and how close the series will follow the games’ story. However, last year, Mackie was cast in the role of John Doe, an amnesic driver who’s one of the contestants in 2001’sTwisted Metal: Black. Recently,ScreamlegendNeve Campbellgot cast as the driver Raven,Stephanie Beatrizas the car thief Quiet, andThomas Haden Churchas post-apocalyptic highway patrolman Agent Stone.
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TheTwisted Metalshow is being developedDeadpool’sRhett ReeseandPaul Wernick.Michael Jonathan Smithis attached as a writer, showrunner, and executive producer.Kitao Sakuraiwill direct several episodes for the show and also act as executive producer. Other executive producers include Mackie, Reese, Wernick, Arnett andMarc Formanfrom Electric Avenue,Jason Spirefrom Inspire Entertainment,Peter Principatofrom Artists First,Asad QizilbashandCarter Swanfrom PlayStation Productions, andHermen Hulst, Head of PlayStation Studios.
Twisted Metalhas no release date, but we expect it to drive to Peacock in 2023. Check out the synopsis for theTwisted Metalseries below:
Twisted Metal, a half-hour live-action TV series based on the classic PlayStation game series, is a high-octane action comedy, based on an original take by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick (Deadpool, Zombieland) about a motor-mouthed outsider 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 who drives an all too familiar ice cream truck.
