Peacock drops first trailer for high-octane ‘Twisted Metal’ adaptation<p>After decades of middling results, video game adaptations are finally the hottest thing in entertainment, especially after those <a data-i13n="cpos:1;pos:1" href="
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Super Mario Bros. Movie box office numbers[/url]. Streamer Peacock is joining the video game adaptation wars with a live action comedy based on the PS1-era vehicular warfare simulator
Twisted Metal and it just dropped the first trailer.</p><p>For the uninitiated (anyone under 30),
Twisted Metal was a hugely popular franchise that is sort of a riff on the Battle Mode from the Mario Kart series, with a heavy emphasis on comical violence and absolute destruction. Think
Rocket League with guns. The show seems to be scrapping the arena-based nature of the games with a journey across a post-apocalyptic wasteland.</p><span id="end-legacy-contents"></span><p></p><div id="553aa404854942748c2384b64ed072c3"><iframe width="560" height="315" src="
https://www.youtube.com/embed/cYb_HFHJJHs" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><p>The series stars the newly-appointed Captain America, Anthony Mackie and
Brooklyn 99 standout Stephanie Beatriz. You can’t tell much from the apocalypse-soaked trailer, but the show’s description describes Mackie as a “motor-mouthed outsider offered a chance at a better life” and Beatriz as a “badass axe-wielding car thief.” It also wouldn’t be
Twisted Metal without the iconic killer clown Sweet Tooth, described here as a “deranged clown who drives an all too familiar ice cream truck.”</p><p>The franchise arguably reached its pinnacle in 1996 with
Twisted Metal 2, and there hasn’t been a new release in over a decade, so who exactly is this show for? Who knows! But it has evil clowns and explosive car chases, so who cares? The first season premieres July 27th and consists of ten episodes.</p><p>This is just another step in Sony’s plans to bring its big gaming franchises into other media, which has so far included the <a data-i13n="cpos:2;pos:1" href="
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plodding Uncharted movie[/url] and the mega-popular <a data-i13n="cpos:3;pos:1" href="
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The Last of Us series[/url] on HBO. Prepare for an onslaught of PlayStation adaptations in the near future, including
Horizon Zero Dawn, Gran Turismo and
God of War.</p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at
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Peacock drops first trailer for high-octane ‘Twisted Metal’ adaptation
