Peacock Renews Twisted Metal for Season 3 with New Showrunner

Peacock has renewed the action-comedy series Twisted Metal for a third season, marking a continuation of the popular live-action adaptation of the PlayStation video game franchise, though with a new showrunner at the helm.

The streaming service announced the renewal following the conclusion of the show's second season in July 2024. Michael Jonathan Smith, who co-created the series with Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick and served as showrunner for the first two seasons, will depart the production. David Reed, an industry veteran known for his work on series such as The Boys, Supernatural, and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, will step in as showrunner and executive producer for season three. Reed joins under an overall deal with Sony Pictures Television and brings experience in writing for television, novels, comic books, and video games.

Twisted Metal, which premiered on Peacock in July 2023, centers on a post-apocalyptic United States divided by chaos and vehicular warfare. Anthony Mackie stars as John Doe, a milkman suffering from amnesia who embarks on a perilous cross-country journey. Accompanied by the skilled driver Quiet, played by Stephanie Beatriz, Doe enters the deadly...