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[05/13/22 - 12:38 PM]
Stephanie Beatriz Set to Star in New Peacock Comedy Series "Twisted Metal," A Live-Action Adaptation of the Global Video Game Phenomenon
Additionally, Kitao Sakurai will executive produce and direct multiple episodes of the series.

[via press release from Peacock]

STEPHANIE BEATRIZ SET TO STAR IN NEW PEACOCK COMEDY SERIES "TWISTED METAL," A LIVE-ACTION ADAPTATION OF THE GLOBAL VIDEO GAME PHENOMENON

Beatriz (Encanto, Brooklyn Nine-Nine) to Co-Star Opposite Previously Announced Star and Executive Producer Anthony Mackie in Series from Sony Pictures Television, PlayStation Productions and Universal Television

Kitao Sakurai Set to Executive Produce and Direct Multiple Episodes Alongside Previously Announced Executive Producers Will Arnett, Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick

www.PeacockTV.com

· Peacock announced today that Stephanie Beatriz (Encanto, Brooklyn Nine-Nine) will star in the new action-comedy series TWISTED METAL, a live-action adaptation of the global video game phenomenon.

· Kitao Sakurai (The Eric Andre Show, Bad Trip) will executive produce and direct multiple episodes of the series.

· Anthony Mackie (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) is also starring and executive producing.

· Will Arnett and Marc Forman from Electric Avenue (Murderville), who secured the rights to the material and helped put the project together from the beginning, are also set to executive produce.

· Michael Jonathan Smith (Cobra Kai) will serve as showrunner, writer and executive producer for the live-action comedy from Sony Pictures Television, PlayStation Productions and Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group.

· TWISTED METAL, a half-hour live-action TV series based on the classic PlayStation game series, is a high-octane action comedy, based on an original take by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick (Deadpool, Zombieland) about a motor-mouthed outsider offered a chance at a better life, but only if he can successfully deliver a mysterious package across a post-apocalyptic wasteland. With the help of a trigger-happy car thief, he'll face savage marauders driving vehicles of destruction and other dangers of the open road, including a deranged clown who drives an all too familiar ice cream truck.

NEW SERIES LEAD AND CHARACTER DESCRIPTION:

STEPHANIE BEATRIZ (Encanto, Brooklyn Nine-Nine) will play "Quiet," a ferocious, badass car thief who acts purely on instinct - you couldn't stop her any more than a manhole could stop a volcano. Coming from a community that oppressed her into silence, Quiet's wish is to find her place in this dark, chaotic world. But when she becomes clouded by her need for revenge, Quiet forms an unlikely, antagonistic bond with John Doe.

PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED SERIES LEADS:

ANTHONY MACKIE (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) will play "John Doe," a smart ass, motor-mouthed Milkman who talks as fast as he drives, facing savage vehicles of destruction as he delivers much needed supplies from one post apocalyptic settlement to another. With no memory of his family or past, John's only goal is survival, until he gets a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make his wish of finding community come true.

ABOUT THE SERIES

· Showrunner / Executive Producer / Writer: Michael Jonathan Smith (Cobra Kai)

· Executive Producers: Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick (Deadpool, Zombieland), Will Arnett and Marc Forman (Electric Avenue), Jason Spire (Inspire Entertainment), Peter Principato (Artists First), Asad Qizilbash and Carter Swan from PlayStation Productions and Hermen Hulst, Head of PlayStation Studios

· Executive Producer / Star: Anthony Mackie (Make It With Gravy Productions)

· Executive Producer / Director (Multiple Episodes): Kitao Sakurai (The Eric Andre Show, Bad Trip)

· Produced by: Sony Pictures Television, PlayStation Productions and Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group

· Format: half-hour live-action comedy





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