Will Arnett was already concerned with the Twisted Steel sequence coming to Peacock since he’s one among its govt producers. Nonetheless, he’s now including on one other function because the Murderville and Arrested Growth actor has been solid as the long-lasting clown often called Candy Tooth.
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Candy Tooth is the face of the franchise, usually exhibiting up in key artwork or field artwork for the numerous video games. The present describes him as a “hilarious and terrifying hulk of a person, who’s as emotional as he’s crafty” and loves chaos. He additionally makes use of “Misplaced Vegas” as his “personal private kill-ground, all whereas he drives his notorious doomsday ice cream truck.”
This isn’t the one time Arnett has crossed paths with the online game realm. He starred in 2009’s mediocrely obtained shooter Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard and was just lately the villain in Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands named Dragon Lord. Arnett additionally reprised his function as Lego Batman in 2015’s Lego Dimensions.
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The present is predicated on an idea from Deadpool writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, who will govt produce. It is going to be written by Cobra Kai scribe Michael Jonathan Smith, who may even function an EP. Different govt producers embrace PlayStation Studios’ Hermen Hulst, Qizilbash and Carter Swan of PlayStation Productions, Encourage Leisure’s Jason Spire, Electrical Avenue’s Will Arnett and Marc Forman, and Peter Principato of Artists First. Unhealthy Journey‘s Kitao Sakurai can also be set to govt produce and direct a couple of episodes.
Sony can also be allegedly creating one other Twisted Steel recreation and it’s seemingly being positioned to return out across the identical time because the Peacock sequence. After reportedly altering builders, the sport is mentioned to be coming from Firesprite, a studio Sony just lately acquired in September 2021. Nonetheless, this recreation has but to be formally revealed.
Twisted Steel is one other one among Sony’s online game franchises making the soar to a different medium. There’s a Ghost of Tsushima film within the works and an HBO present based mostly on The Final of Us.
