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‘Twisted Metal’ Season 2 Trailer Revs Engines for New Violent Tournament
Rev your engines. Peacock has debuted the official trailer “Twisted Metal” Season 2, introducing the contestants for this season’s ultra-violent tournament.
The high-octane action-comedy series based on the video game series returns to Peacock with three episodes on July 31, followed by new episodes every Thursday through August 28.
In the new season, “Following the revelations in the season one finale, John and Quiet find themselves entering the deadly TWISTED METAL tournament, a sinister demolition derby hosted by a mysterious man known as Calypso. As they try to survive an onslaught of dangerous new foes and familiar faces alike, including the murderous clown Sweet Tooth, things get complicated for John when he reunites with his long-lost sister, the vigilante Dollface.”
Anthony Mackie (“John Doe”), Stephanie Beatriz (“Quiet”), and Joe Seanoa (“Sweet Tooth”) are all back for Season 2, with Will Arnett returning as the voice of “Sweet Tooth.”
Emmy and SAG Award-nominated actor Anthony Carrigan (Barry, Superman) will play Calypso, with Richard de Klerk (A Teenage Prophet), Patty Guggenheim (She-Hulk: Attorney at Law), and Tiana Okoye (Panhandle) also joining Season 2 as recurring guest stars.
Meet Calypso and some of the newcomers in the new trailer below. Also look for fan-favorite character Sweet Tooth to bring the mayhem.
Showrunner Michael Jonathan Smith (Cobra Kai) said in a statement, “The stakes couldn’t be higher as John and Quiet risk their lives to compete in the dangerous demolition derby tournament. The prize? A single wish, their greatest hearts desire, granted. The only problem is sixteen other drivers have wishes of their own. In a fast-paced, hysterical, thrilling season with unforgettable characters, it’s too bad not all of them will survive.”
“Twisted Metal“ is a half-hour live-action TV series based on the classic PlayStation game series, a high-octane action comedy based on an original take by Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick (Deadpool, Zombieland) and written by Michael Jonathan Smith (Cobra Kai).
You can catch up on season one now on Peacock.
TWISTED METAL — Episode 205 — Pictured: Richard De Klerk as Mr. Grimm — (Photo by: PEACOCK)
TWISTED METAL — Episode 208 — Pictured: (l-r) Anthony Mackie as John Doe, Stephanie Beatriz as Quiet — (Photo by: PEACOCK)
TWISTED METAL — Episode 211 — Pictured: Anthony Carrigan as Calypso — (Photo by: PEACOCK)
TWISTED METAL — Episode 202 — (Photo by: Pief Weyman/PEACOCK)
Himesh Patel (Tenet, Don’t Look Up) will star opposite Danielle Deadwyler (The Woman in the Yard) in Ryan Coogler’s reboot of “The X-Files“, which has wrapped filming on the pilot.
Patel confirmed the news in a chat with The Direct, while reiterating that he and Deadwyler play new characters.
“I don’t want to say anything that’s going to get me disappeared. Needless to say, myself and Danielle Deadwyler are playing completely new characters, and we just wrapped on the pilot. If we get to do more… we’ll see where we go from there,” Patel said.
That last sentence is noteworthy, as Patel is reminding that Hulu has only ordered the pilot so far. A full series order has yet to be greenlit.
It’s a good reminder, considering that Hulu also ordered a pilot for the “Buffy: New Sunnydale” reboot that was filmed and delivered earlier this year, only for the streamer to send shockwaves when it opted not to move forward with the series.
As for “The X-Files” pilot, Sinners filmmaker Ryan Coogler writes and directs the pilot. Jennifer Yale (“The Copenhagen Test”) serves as showrunner.
Himesh Patel and Danielle Deadwyler play two highly decorated but vastly different FBI agents who form an unlikely bond when they are assigned to a long-shuttered division devoted to cases involving unexplained phenomena.
Patel and Deadwyler previously co-starred together on “Station Eleven.”
Other actors who have signed on for guest roles include Amy Madigan, Steve Buscemi, Ben Foster, Devery Jacobs, Lochlyn Munro, Tantoo Cardinal, Joel D. Montgrand, and Sofia Grace Clifton.
“The X-Files” originally ran for nine seasons between 1993 and 2002, with two additional seasons arriving in 2016 and 2018. 218 episodes were produced in total, along with two feature films: 1998’s The X-Files: Fight the Future and 2008’s The X-Files: I Want to Believe.
Himesh Patel in “Station Eleven”
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