Twisted Metallic Season 2 Trailer Lastly Seems Like The Unique Video Recreation (And It is Bonkers)

Buckle up: “Twisted Metallic” season 2 is revving its engines for a summer time return. The primary season of “Twisted Metallic” was a complete blast, however now, the high-octane mayhem is hitting the gasoline, blowing stuff up, and, primarily based on the most recent trailer, delivering the proper dose of chaos that followers have been craving. The Peacock unique streaming collection, impressed by the vehicular fight online game of the identical title, blends street rage, explosions, and darkish humor right into a uniquely untethered journey, however avoids the identical narrative trappings that plague different video game-to-series diversifications. For those who have been a teen (or tween with cool dad and mom) within the late Nineteen Nineties or early 2000s, odds are you both performed “Twisted Metallic” religiously or knew somebody who solely wore D-Technology X “Suck It” T-shirts who would not shut up about Candy Tooth and his wasteland ice cream truck. And but, towards all odds, the collection has grow to be probably the most unexpectedly enjoyable diversifications in latest reminiscence.

Created by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, together with showrunner Michael Jonathan Smith, the collection stars Anthony Mackie as John Doe, the wisecracking supply man, alongside Stephanie Beatriz as Quiet, a fierce and sharp-tongued survivor along with her personal mysterious previous. The primary season was a riotous street journey throughout a post-apocalyptic U.S. and ended with John being drafted right into a lethal event proposed by the mysterious Raven (performed by Neve Campbell), whereas Quiet was taken by a bunch of masked ladies led by none aside from John’s sister, the enigmatic Dollface (Tiana Okoye). Which means that season 2 will middle on the event hosted by Calypso (Anthony Carrigan), aligning the collection with the gameplay that followers are most acquainted with. And oh boy, does it look wild. I by no means thought I would see the character Axel (Michael James Shaw) flip himself into his personal car in live-action, however Peacock loves us and desires us all to be completely satisfied.

Contemporary off his efficiency as Metamorpho in James Gunn’s “Superman,” Carrigan is donning his best, middle-part goth wig to deliver Calypso, the creator of the Twisted Metallic contest, to life. The prize for successful the event is that Calypso will grant any want the victor so needs, as a result of he’s blessed with otherworldly powers. Nonetheless, he is additionally considerably of a monkey’s paw, usually punishing the winners with their very own want by means of a type of twisted irony. Because the trailer signifies, John Doe and Quiet are hoping to win to allow them to want for all the partitions separating the completely different communities to be introduced down, permitting for the “outsiders” to lastly have a style of fairness.

The undercurrent themes of the present are undoubtedly vital, however for a present primarily based on “Twisted Metallic,” it would not work with out over-the-top violence or jaw-dropping explosions. Fortuitously, this event just isn’t holding again on its detonations. For those who’ve been chasing the flavour of excessive that may solely be met by films directed by George Miller, “Twisted Metallic” is assured to jack you up. Contemplating the teaser boasts Beatriz as Quiet doing an arched again “bend and snap” whereas dragging a dagger by means of a baddie, Axel because the axle, Mackie’s John Doe taking pictures all of the weapons, and Candy Tooth (Joe Seanoa and Will Arnett) racing with flames on the highest of his head? Oh yeah, we Sickos are going to be eatin’ good this season.

“Twisted Metallic” season 2 premieres with three episodes on July 31, 2025, adopted by new episodes each Thursday by means of August 28 on Peacock.