Peacock confirmed off Twisted Steel‘s first poster and promised a tease was coming the next day. The corporate made good on that promise and launched the primary trailer for its upcoming TV collection primarily based on the online game franchise. It additionally revealed the exhibits July 27 premiere date on Peacock.
The trailer is kind of transient, because it exhibits Anthony Mackie’s John Doe loading up his weapon and his music playlist earlier than it cuts to a wider view of the world in damage. It then ends on a tease of Candy Tooth who lets out a Joker-like giggle.
The present is predicated on an idea from Deadpool writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, who will government produce. It is going to be written by Cobra Kai scribe Michael Jonathan Smith, who may even function an EP. Different government 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. Dangerous Journey‘s Kitao Sakurai can be set to government produce and direct a couple of episodes. Stephanie Beatriz, Thomas Haden Church, Neve Campbell, Will Arnett, and Samoa Joe have been forged to this point.
Sony can be allegedly creating one other Twisted Steel recreation and it’s probably being positioned to return out across the similar time because the Peacock collection. After reportedly altering builders, the sport is mentioned to be coming from Firesprite, a studio Sony acquired in September 2021. Nonetheless, this recreation has but to be formally revealed.
