The return to the property comes after a long drought: the first Twisted Metal game came out in 1995, and the most recent one was released in 2012 for the PlayStation 3. It seems like the show will be going for a comedic (but probably not lighthearted) tone, with Sony Pictures’ Glenn Adilman, the company’s executive vice president of comedy development, calling the script “action-packed brilliantly funny.” While the idea for the series seemingly came from Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, who wrote the Deadpool movies, the actual writing was done by Cobra Kai’s Michael Jonathan Smith. If you’ve been bummed that Twisted Metal: Apocalypse never saw the light of day, maybe this TV show will scratch that itch. It’s also rumored to include Needles Kane, the terrifying clown whose face or ice cream truck (named Sweet Tooth) grace the cover of pretty much every game in the series.
The show’s plot synopsis reads like a cross between Mad Max and Death Race, with a car thief and vague protagonist having to fight down highways to deliver a package. The show will be going for a comedic (but probably not lighthearted) tone
