Sony’s upcoming live-action adaptation of Twisted Metal has discovered its main man.  and  star Anthony Mackie will play the function of sequence protagonist John Doe. Deadline was the primary to report on the casting. “We’re thrilled to have Anthony Mackie on board. His ability to blend comedy, action and drama is perfect for the Twisted world we’re creating,” Asad Qizilbash, the top of Sony’s PlayStation Productions unit, advised the outlet.

News that Sony was of the Twisted Metal franchise first got here out on the finish of February. The firm is billing the mission as an motion comedy, with Deadpool and Zombieland writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick set to supply the sequence. Cobra Kai scribe Michael Jonathan Smith can also be on board to put in writing and produce.

Twisted Metal is simply one of many properties Sony is within the technique of adapting for tv and movie. At the tip of March, the corporate introduced it was making a film. Its  sequence at HBO additionally just lately discovered its Joel and Ellie in Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey.