‘Twisted Metal’: Neve Campbell Cast In Peacock’s Live-Action Video Game Adaptation
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Neve Campbell (Scream, The Lincoln Lawyer) has joined the cast of Peacock‘s in a recurring role.
Campbell will portray the character of Raven opposite Anthony Mackie, Stephanie Beatriz, and Thomas Haden Church.From Cobra Kai writer Michael Jonathan Smith, Twisted Metal is a half-hour, high-octane action-comedy—based on an original take by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick— about a motor-mouthed outsider (Mackie) offered a chance at a better life—but only if he can successfully deliver a mysterious package across a post-apocalyptic wasteland.
With the help of a trigger-happy car thief (Beatriz), he’ll face savage marauders driving vehicles of destruction and other dangers of the open road, including a deranged clown who drives an all too familiar ice cream truck.Alongside Mackie and showrunner Smith, executive producers also include Kitao Sakurai—who will also direct multiple episodes—Reese, Wernick, Will Arnett, and Marc Forman via their Electric Avenue production company, Jason Spire of Inspire Entertainment, Peter Principato of Artists First, Asad Qizilbash, and Carter Swan from PlayStation Productions, Hermen Hulst, Head of PlayStation Studios.The series, based on the Playstation video game series of the same name, is co-produced by Sony Pictures Television, PlayStation Productions, and Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group.Most recently, Campbell reprised her iconic role of Sidney Prescott in Spyglass Media Group and Paramount Pictures’ relaunch of the Scream film franchise.Other film credits include Wild Things, Three To Tango, The Craft, Clouds, and Skyscraper.On the small screen, she recently starred in the new Netflix series The Lincoln Lawyer based on Michael Connelly’s book, The Brass
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