The Twisted Metal TV show will seemingly air this year

The Twisted Metal TV show will seemingly air this year, according to a tweet by PlayStation Studios head Asad Qizilbash.

Qizilbash tweeted a short clip of an elevator at a Sony building, showing the Gran Turismo logo on the elevator doors and artwork from The Last of Us on a wall.

“PlayStation Productions this year in one elevator ride,” Qizilbash tweeted, referring to the upcoming Gran Turismo movie and HBO’s currently ongoing TV adaptation of The Last of Us.

However, he also added: “You can’t see me, but my head is on fire too”, followed by clown and fire emojis.

These are a reference to Sweet Tooth, whose smiling clown face is the most iconic image in the Twisted Metal series, featuring on the cover of all 10 titles in the series to date.

The implication, then, is that Qizilbash was confirming that the Twisted Metal TV show will also be released this year.

Twisted Metal already finished filming last year, and will star Will Arnett, Anthony Mackie and AEW wrestler Samoa Joe.

Peacock announced in February 2022 that it had picked up the PlayStation Productions show and given it a series order.

The show, which is written and executive produced by Michael Jonathan Smith (Cobra Kai), stars Mackie as John Doe, an amnesiac who “talks as fast as he drives”, according to a statement by Peacock.

Doe has to drive across a post-apocalyptic wasteland to deliver supplies to an outpost and will be aided by car thief Quiet (Beatriz), while being pursued by patrolman Agent Stone (Church).

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Ahead of Twisted Metal’s expected game reboot, its TV show has finished filming

Twisted Metal is the second TV series from PlayStation Productions following The Last of Us

The show arrives ahead of a planned Twisted Metal video game reboot, which VGC exclusively reported last year is in active development at Sony’s Firesprite studio, after moving from original developer Lucid Games, according to sources.

The Gran Turismo movie, directed by Neill Blomkamp (Demonic, Chappie, Elysium, District 9), is set for release on August 11.