Little or little, American productions demonstrate that it is possible to successfully transfer stories from the world of video games to television or film. This year, another long-awaited adaptation of a popular title will arrive very soon on the streaming in series format: Twisted Metal. Here we tell you everything you need to know:
What is it about Twisted Metal?
Developed by Sony Computer Entertainment, the video game series created by David Jaffe and Scott Campbell was released for the first time in November 1995. With eight titles and a couple of spin-offs To the date, Twisted Metal It has sold more than five million copies in the United States alone.
PlayStation Studios offers the following synopsis of the series:
“[Twisted Metal] follows a motor-mouthed outsider 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, she will take on savage marauders driving vehicles of destruction and other dangers on the open road, including a deranged clown driving an all-too-familiar ice cream truck.”
Production team and cast
Twisted Metal had like showrunners to Rhett Reese and Paul Wernickthe duo responsible for the scripts of both films zombieland and the trilogy Deadpool. Directors of the series included: Kitao Sakurai (The Eric Andre Show), Bill Benz (Nick Kroll: Little Big Boy) and Jude Weng (Lucky Hank).
In an interview with IGNPlaystation Studios producer Carter Swan offered some insight into what fans can expect from this adaptation.
“Creators Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese are big fans of the game,” Swan explained. “So they really try to take those elements from the things he’s done in terms of style. They’re able to take these violent, ridiculous things and make them fun. zombieland It’s a good barometer if you look at what happens in that movie and what we could do here. You can have fun in the biggest apocalypse.”
The protagonists are Anthony Mackie and Stephanie Beatriz. We recently saw Mackie in the Netflix movie, we have a ghost, but the actor is already well positioned in the public eye thanks to his role as Sam Wilson in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. For her part, Beatriz was the darling of the public for her role as Rosa Diaz in the series. Brooklyn 9-9although she lent her voice to Mirabel in the Disney film, Charm (2021).
Also in the cast are Tahj Vaughans (Your Honor), Will Arnett (LEGO Batman: The Movie), Thomas Haden Church (Spider-Man: No Way Home), Richard Cabral (American Crime) and the wrestler Samoa Joe, among others.
When does it premiere and where to watch Twisted Metal?
The 10-episode series will begin airing from October 1, 2023 in HBO Max Latin America.
Twisted Metal premiered at the end of last July on Peacock in the United States.
Official poster
Trailer of Twisted Metal (July 10, 2023)
Excited to see a new video game-to-series adaptation?