With the help of a badass axe-wielding car thief, 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. While the videos effectively piqued our interest - and ensured “Steal My Sunshine” and “The Thong Song” will immediately be added to our Spotify playlists - the series’ official synopsis goes a bit deeper, offering a Mad Max-flavored description of John Doe and his dangerous quest: “A motor-mouthed outsider is offered a chance at a better life, but only if he can successfully deliver a mysterious package across a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Following a wide shot of John’s ride tearing through a post-apocalyptic landscape, we also get a tease of Sweet Tooth, the series’ psychotic, ice cream truck–driving killer clown.Ī subsequent clip released in June gave us a better look at Sweet Tooth as he battles John in a casino. Of course, given that John pulls the ammo from a glove compartment absolutely overflowing with shotgun shells, before enthusiastically revving his engine and jamming out to Len’s “Steal My Sunshine,” it’s a good bet the series is leaning just as heavily into the games’ dark humor. Based on the teaser trailer, which sees star Anthony Mackie, as charismatic hero John Doe, reloading his double-barreled death-dealer from behind the wheel of his muscle car - which is equipped with a pair of mounted machine guns that’d make James Bond jealous - it seems the show also isn’t shying away from the source material’s brand of mature, violent, high-octane shenanigans. Officially described as a “live-action comedy,” the 10-episode series appears to be more inspired by the games rather than a direct adaptation of one of their stories.

The series debuted in 1995 on Sony’s original PlayStation console and has since continued with multiple sequels and spin-offs. Twisted Metal is based on a long-running PlayStation franchise of action-packed, over-the-top vehicular combat games. Anthony Mackie and Stephanie Beatriz in Twisted Metal (Photo by Skip Bolen/Peacock)

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