What Should Fans Expect From The Twisted Metal Peacock Series?

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Studios see a couple of video game movies and shows get it right and now every big name IP in the world of console gaming is lining up. From arcade classics to the shining gems of earlier generations to the games that topped bestseller lists only a few years ago, nothing is safe from the screen.

Sony has become one of the most prolific video game studios when it comes to pushing its properties for adaptation. Uncharted, despite reviewing somewhat poorly, sold very well, leading the studio to greenlight a ton of new video game movies and shows, no matter how ill-advised the pitch.

Peacock Has Found A Director For Its Twisted Metal Series

Twisted Metal began life back in the early-90s when Sony was looking for big names it could use to sell its first-ever home console, the PlayStation. The big name attached to the project was David Jaffe, who would later go on to direct the God of War franchise. The game came from the idea of a freeway chase scene out of a crime thriller like Heat, melded with the violent car-to-car combat of Mad Max. There have been eight mainline games in the franchise, with two spin-offs on the market, and three canceled games that never made it out. The franchise hasn't seen a proper new entry in a decade when Jaffe's development studio Eat Sleep Play, Inc. attempted a full reboot. Around the same time, Sony shopped the idea of a film adaptation around, even tapping Brian Taylor of Crank fame to direct. The studio canceled that project as well, however, only to set to work on a TV series seven years later. That series finally seems to be up and running.

The narrative of the Twisted Metal franchise is extremely simplistic. It functions a bit like old arcade fighting games by setting up a competition and