Watch Twisted Metal turn Will Arnett into an unhinged murder clown

Twisted Metal is a TV series that seems both illogical and wacky. The 1995 Mortal Kombat-inspired vehicular fighting game was the first to use Mountain Dew. twiiiiissted 1995 thing ever, and likely for that reason, there hasn’t been a new installment in the series since 2012’s PS3 reboot.

Yet here we are, on the precipice of Peacock’s Twisted MetalShow developed by team behind Deadpool, written by Cobra Kai’s Michael Jonathan Smith, and starring Marvel’s new Captain America, Anthony Mackie. In the show’s first clip, which premiered during the 2023 Summer Game Fest stream, we see exactly what the show is laying down in our first taste of Sweet Tooth, the franchise’s murderous spokesclown, embodied by pro wrestler Joe Seanoa and voiced by Will Arnett, who also produces the series. Wild. It exists! Wild.

As per Twisted MetalDavid Jaffe in conversation with Scott Campbell, creator of the game. TwiiiiisstedA mini-documentary that is incredibly entertaining Twisted Metal, The Dark Past We can say that we are a ‘we’ You can find out more about it here. know, was included as a bonus feature on 2008’s Twisted Metal: Head-On: Extra Twisted EditionThe idea of Twisted MetalThey had a vision of how they could use the technology when stuck in Los Angeles’s classic bumper to bumper traffic. TwiiiiisstedThe cars would fly away if you could shoot them with missiles. Sony initially wanted to turn Twisted Metal into a game about pizza delivery, but after convincing them to pursue a different direction, the rest of the story is absurd. TwiiiiisstedSony Japan took a lot of notes about the violent concept. Campbell says that Japanese executives asked Campbell late in the development process if guns could be used to fire fruit and vegetables. That didn’t go over well. Blood is what a clown who’s a murderer eats, not vegetables and fruits. Jaffe, Campbell and their gang eventually won out and the rest was rated M for mature.

Twisted Metal became so popular in the 2000s that there were rumors about a Twisted Metal Movie! Campbell has even floated the idea of a Twisted Metal movie in the The Dark Past doc — wouldn’t it be great if this Mad MaxCould a -inspired video game be played on a big screen? That didn’t happen, but not without years of trying; in the 2010s, Crank’s Brian Taylor was actively trying to rev it forward.

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It is important to note that the word “you” means “you”. Twisted Metal The TV series arrives when no one thinks about Twisted Metal, but all studios are thinking of video games. The Last of UsThe show was a smash hit on HBO Super Mario Bros. MovieSonic the Hedgehog, a film star who has made a lot of money and is mostly good (a feat that the 1993 movie failed to achieve), is now getting his very own streaming series. It’s the real world. Twisted MetalThe most 1995 of things is still ready. This might be a good idea if all other games are going to follow the straight MCU or prestige TV route.

Michael Jonathan Smith, the showrunner of The Walking Dead, is passionate. The letter was sent to the press in order to announce the release of Twisted MetalSmith writes the following.

It was 2001. Weezer welcomed their fans to An Island in the Sun. Shrek The movie was a box-office hit. Pizza Hut delivered a pizza with salami to the International Space Station. The sixteen-year-old nerd had recently purchased a new computer. Twisted Metal: Black. When I put the disc in my PlayStation 2, it transported me to a chaotic destruction derby. I laughed with joy at all of its chaos. This inescapable joy was what I hoped to capture in our show.

Yes, Twisted MetalIt has cars, weapons and battles. What it has is also people. No pun intended, but I’m sure you’ll fall in love these characters, and their motivations. Anthony Mackie’s charismatic John Doe will have you cheering him on as he travels across America to find a place he can call home. You’ll laugh as an enigmatic woman named Quiet, played by Stephanie Beatriz, throws John’s world for a loop after a chance encounter, forcing the two together and changing both their lives for the better. Thomas Haden Church plays Agent Stone, a psychotic highway policeman who only sees black and blue. You’ll root for the heroes as they take on Agent Stone. And you’ll discover a surprising soulfulness to our deranged, murderous clown Sweet Tooth, voiced by Will Arnett and performed by Joe Seanoa aka wrestler Samoa Joe.

It’s a crazy show that shows how the apocalypse we have created has polarized and further isolated us. But there’s hope. It is possible to find the people you are looking for and your local community. To find them, you may have to pass a clown with a weaponized ice cream van.

How well can Smith translate? twiiiiistedTale all these years after. The tale is still as relevant today. The Dark Past, Jaffe tries to describe the “soul” of the Twisted Metal universe. “It’s American,” he declares. “It’s rock and roll, it’s underdog, it’s scrappy, it’s heavy metal.” Not exactly what the developers and studios strutting around this year’s Summer Game Fest are chasing. So it’s either the worst or perfect time for Twisted MetalThe people who enjoy gambling will love this kind of game. Twisted MetalYou would not want to go up against.

It has to be better that the live-action ends to the original deleted Twisted Metal game, right?

Twisted MetalPeacock premieres July 27, 2007.