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Emmy Award victor Mark Hamill (Star Wars) is joining nan recurring formed of Peacock and Sony Pictures Television’s video crippled TV adaptation, Twisted Metal, for Season 3. Hamill will play Pope Charlie Kane, nan leader of nan Eastern Sovereignty and Sweet Tooth’s (Joe Seanoa/voice, Will Arnett) estranged father.
“For Mark Hamill to travel into this world pinch america is amazing. He’s personification I’ve admired for a agelong clip – a existent fable who’s influenced generations of actors. Being capable to now telephone him a castmate is an unthinkable honor, and we’re excited to spot what he brings to nan world of Twisted Metal,” shared executive shaper and star, Anthony Mackie.
The half-hour Twisted Metal is based connected nan classical PlayStation crippled series. Season 1 follows John Doe (Anthony Mackie), a motor-mouthed outsider who is offered a chance astatine a amended life, but only if he tin successfully present a mysterious package crossed a post-apocalyptic wasteland.
With nan thief of Quiet (Stephanie Beatriz), a badass ax-wielding car thief, he’ll look ferocious marauders driving vehicles of demolition and different dangers of nan unfastened road, including a deranged comedian (Joe Seanoa/Will Arnett) who drives an all-too-familiar crystal pick truck.
Season 2 follows nan revelations successful nan Season 1 finale. John and Quiet find themselves entering the deadly Twisted Metal tournament, a sinister demolition derby hosted by a mysterious man known arsenic Calypso (Anthony Carrigan). As they effort to past an onslaught of vulnerable caller foes and acquainted faces alike, including the murderous comedian Sweet Tooth, things get analyzable for John erstwhile he reunites pinch his long-lost sister, nan vigilante Dollface (Tiana Okoye).
Details regarding nan crippled of Season 3 will beryllium released astatine a later date.
The high-octane bid was renewed for a 3rd play successful November. Season 2 registered 993 cardinal minutes viewed connected Peacock. It stands arsenic Peacock’s second-highest-reaching original returning scripted season, nan streamer revealed astatine nan clip of nan show’s renewal. At nan time, it was besides announced that David Reed (The Boys, Supernatural) was taking complete arsenic showrunner and executive shaper for Season 3 pursuing Michael Jonathan Smith’s exit.
David Reed will executive produce Twisted Metal alongside Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick. Arnett and Marc Forman (Electric Ave) besides executive nutrient pinch Mackie (Make It Gravy Productions), Jason Spire (Inspire Entertainment), Peter Principato (Artists First), Asad Qizilbash from PlayStation Productions, and Hermen Hulst, CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment’s Studio Business.
The bid is produced by Sony Pictures Television, PlayStation Productions and Universal Television, a section of Universal Studio Group.
Hamill is coming disconnected a basking streak of films, precocious starring other Tom Hiddleston successful Mike Flanagan’s Stephen King adaptation The Life of Chuck for Neon and Lionsgate’s Stephen King adjustment of The Long Walk, which won nan Robert Altman grant for ensemble astatine this year’s Independent Spirit Awards. He was besides a sound character successful Universal’s Oscar-nominated The Wild Robot and Paramount’s SpongeBob: Search for SquarePants. Hamill is repped by Gersh for theatrical, WME for voice, and Kleinberg Lange Cuddy & Carlo.
