Thomas Haden Church has joined Peacock’s upcoming live-action comedy Twisted Metal, based on the PlayStation car-combat video game franchise of the same name. Church joins previously announced cast members Anthony Mackie (The Hurt Locker) and Stephanie Beatriz (Brooklyn Nine-Nine). Church will play villain Agent Stone, a “post-apocalyptic highway patrolman” who will go to any means necessary to enforce law and order.
The series will follow John Doe (Mackie), a fast-talking, fast-driving Milkman facing destructive vehicles on his mission to deliver supplies in this post-apocalyptic world. For a chance at a better life, he is tasked with delivering a mysterious package. Beatriz will play Quiet, an impulsive car thief who forms an unlikely bond with John Doe.
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The Twisted Metal series is written by Deadpool writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, with Michael Jonathan Smith (Cobra Kai) as showrunner. Mackie will also serve as an executive producer alongside Smith, Reese, Wernick, Will Arnett (Arrested Development), Marc Forman (Murderville), Jason Spire (Outside the Wire), Peter Principato (Hit & Run), Asad Qizilbash (Uncharted), Carter Swan (The Last of Us) and head of Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios Hermen Hulst. Kitao Sakurai (The Eric Andre Show) has signed on to direct multiple episodes. The series is a Sony, PlayStation, and Universal Television production.
The last Twisted Metal franchise game was released in 2012. Those familiar with the popular game may recall Agent Stone’s vehicle, Crimson Fury.
Thomas Haden Church’s Long-Standing Career
In 1989, Church appeared as a guest star on tv shows including Cheers, Booker, and 21 Jump Street. In 1990, he scored his first major role as Lowell Mather on NBC’s Wings, where he was a central character for six seasons. He exited the successful comedy in 1995 to take a lead role on Fox’s Ned & Stacey, opposite Debra Winger.
Church has appeared on the big screen in Tombstone, Sideways, Spanglish, Easy A, and The Peanutbutter Falcon. He portrayed Marvel Comics villain Sandman in Spider-Man 3 and Spider-Man: No Way Home. For his work on Sideways, he earned an Academy Award nomination and won the Independent Spirit Award for best-supporting actor. Church recently appeared opposite Sarah Jessica Parker on HBO’s Divorce. He will appear in Deception Road with Dash Mihok, Chocolate Lizards with Carrie-Anne Moss, and Duwayne Dunham’s The Happy Worker.
In 2003, Church made his directorial debut with Rolling Kansas, an independent film about a road trip to find a magical forest of marijuana.
