Anthony Mackie to star in TV adaptation of classic PlayStation game

Date:
Thu, 16 Sep 2021 09:36:43 +0000

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Sony Pictures is developing a TV adaptation of the popular PlayStation game series, Twisted Metal.

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Anthony Mackie has signed on to lead a TV adaptation of the classic PlayStation video game series, Twisted Metal.

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier star will also serve as executive producer on the series, which is being co-developed by Sony Pictures TV and
PlayStation Production. As per THR , the show will be pitched to potential buyers in the near future.

In the games, Twisted Metal is essentially a demolition derby that encourages players to use ballistic projectiles, machine guns, mines and other types of weapons to defeat their opponents in vehicular combat. These are the best Netflix movies to stream right now and the best HBO Max movies The Matrix 4 trailer breakdown : 11 things we spotted

The first Twisted Metal title launched on the original PlayStation back in 1995, and was followed by eight more mainline games spanning the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 3 until 2012.

Mackie will play John Doe in the TV adaptation, a milkman with no memory of his past tasked with delivering a mysterious package (not milk, presumably) across a post-apocalyptic wasteland, Mad Max-style.

Cobra Kai writer Michael Jonathan Smith will pen the script, while also executive producing alongside Mackie and Deadpool writers Rhett Reese and
Paul Wernick. Given the latters involvement coupled with the game series tongue-in-cheek subject matter wed anticipate a TV show bearing tonal similarities to the movies featuring the Merc With A Mouth. Analysis: a more forgiving creative climate

A few years ago, this news might have had our heads in our hands. After all, video game adaptations have been notoriously uninspired throughout the years (looking at you, Hitman).

But recent history has seen the tide change on live-action takes on beloved digital IP. To everyones surprise, 2019s Pokmon Detective Pikachu was
actually pretty great, and this years Mortal Kombat , too, was a massive hit on HBO Max .

Then theres the popularity of Netflixs The Witcher series which itself spawned an anime spin-off and upcoming prequel series and the in-development Borderlands movie and The Last of Us TV show.

The point being, in todays creative climate, video game adaptations arent the taboo subject they once were, and theres every chance that Twisted Metal may actually be a well-made, entertaining ride.

Of course, its likely that well have to wait a while until it hits screens, and we still dont know whether itll land on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max or another major streamer.

In the meantime, though, well boot up the original PlayStation and take Sweet Tooths ice cream truck for a spin. Christopher Nolan's upcoming World War II movie is heading to Universal



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