EXCLUSIVE: After being recently named the next Captain America, Anthony Mackie seems to have found his next juicy role for sinking his teeth. Sources have told Deadline that Mackie will have to star and executive produce Sony Pictures Television and PlayStation Productions’ Twisted metal, a live adaptation of the popular video game. Mackie will play the lead role of John Doe in the half-hour live-action TV series, and experts say that Sony TV and PlayStation Productions have a lot of packages and that there is a plan to take it to buyers. soon.
“We are delighted to have Anthony Mackie on board. His ability to mix comedy, action and drama is perfect for the Twisted world we’re creating, ”said Asad Qizilbash, head of PlayStation Productions.
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Twisted metal is a high-octane action comedy based on an original take on Deadpool scribes Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick about a motorized-mouthed outsider offered an opportunity for a better life, but only if he can successfully deliver a mysterious package through a post-apocalyptic wasteland. With the help of a happy car thief, you will face savage bastards driving destruction vehicles and other road hazards, including a bewildered clown driving an all-too-familiar ice cream truck.
Doe is a smart dairyman who speaks as fast as he drives. Without remembering his past, he has a unique opportunity to realize his desire to find community, but only if he can survive an attack of savage vehicular fighting.
“We’ve been big fans of Anthony’s phenomenal work over the years and we knew he was the only actor who could play such a complex, funny and compelling character as John Doe. Luckily for us, he agreed.” , said Glenn Adilman, EVP Comedy Development for Sony TV.
Cobra Kai writer Michael Jonathan Smith will write and produce the executive series. Reese and Wernick are attached to the executive product. Will Arnett and Marc Forman, through their production company Electric Avenue, will produce executive alongside Peter Principato / Artists First. Mackie, its longtime manager Jason Spire of Inspire Entertainment, Qizilbash and Carter Swan (PlayStation Productions) and Hermen Hulst (head of PlayStation Studios) will also produce executives.
Mackie reprises her role as Sam Wilson / The Falcon in the hit Disney + series The hawk and the winter soldier, which set several records for the streamer. Prior to that, he appeared as Wilson in several Marvel Cinematic Universe films, most notably Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War, as well as the avengers movies. He will also appear as Captain America in Captain America 4. His other credits include his participation Synchronous, Seberg, The Hurt Locker i Outside the wire which he and Spire produced for Netflix.
Sony Pictures Television and PlayStation Productions’ The last of us is currently in production for HBO, from Chernobyl creator Craig Mazin, game creator Neil Druckmann and Game of Thrones executive producer Carolyn Strauss. Starring Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey.
Mackie is replaced by UTA and Inspire Entertainment. Smith is represented by Verve and 3Arts.