With Deadpool writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick as executive producers and Cobra Kai scribe Michael Jonathan Smith as showrunner, the adaptation skewed more toward comedy than crazy action or horror (of which the games have plenty).

Twisted Metal is an upcoming post-apocalyptic action comedy series created by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, based on the video game franchise. Starring Anthony Mackie and Stephanie Beatriz, it follows a driver hired to deliver a package across a dangerous wasteland while being pursued by marauders.

Despite its larger scope, Twisted Metal's second season still retains the show's go-for-broke absurdist wit and bite.