Even thoughTwisted Metalwas renewed for Season 2 almost a year ago, Peacock has been light on announcements regarding the new episodes of the series. That changed a bit today with a slate of new actors getting added as recurring stars:Saylor Bell Curda(High School Musical: The Musical: The Series),Michael James Shaw(The Walking Dead) andLisa Gilroy(Interior Chinatown) will all gear up for the deadly post-apocalyptic craze. The new season is yet to get a release window.
The announcement signals to fans that the wheels are finally turning on the video game adaptation series, and chances are we’ll start getting some footage later this year or in early 2025. Ifthe ending of Season 1 was any indication, the new season will lean a lot more heavily into the source material, withTwisted Metalitself — the demolition tournament in whichSweet Tooth(Joe Seanoa) and other drivers wreck their cairs and themselves until there’s only one left standing.
Who Else is in ‘Twisted Metal’ Season 2?
Curda, Shaw and Gilroy will join previously announcedAnthony Carrigan(Barry), whowas cast as fan-favorite Calypsoback in June. The cast of Season 2 will also featureRichard de Klerk(A Teenage Prophet),Patty Guggenheim(She-Hulk: Attorney at Law)andTiana Okoye(Mrs. Davis), aside from returning cast membersAnthony Mackie(Captain America: Brave New World) who plays John Doe andStephanie Beatriz(Brooklyn Nine-Nine), who playsQuiet.
Saylor Bell Curda is mostly known forHigh School Musical, but she also starred inThe CW seriesWalkerand had guest-starring roles in hit series likeMom,Station 19,New GirlandThe Thundermans. Michael James Shaw played mega-villain Corvus Glaive in the last two installments oftheAvengersmoviesand was also on CBS proceduralLimitless. Lisa Gilroy was recently in the Netflix seriesUnstableandGlamorous.
Twisted Metalis based ona popular video game franchisethat kicked off in the early aughts. to convey thewacky elements from the franchise, Peacock recruited Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick and Michael Jonathan Smith to develop the series based on their experience onZombieland(Reese and Wernick) andCobra Kai(Smith). If the new seasons follows up on what Season 1 teased, fans will be treated to someMad Maxstyle anticswith the new episodes.
Peacock is yet to reveal further details fromTwisted MetalSeason 2, including additional cast members, trailer and expected release window.
Twisted Metal
Twisted Metal follows a motor-mouthed outsider with amnesia, tasked with delivering a mysterious package across a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Alongside an axe-wielding car thief, he battles marauders and dangers, including a deranged clown in an infamous ice cream truck, in this high-octane action adaptation of the classic video game series.
