Twisted Metal movie gets green light

Yet another time-honored video game
series is getting the Hollywood makeover, with news today that Sony
Pictures has signed up Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance and Crank
co-director Brian Taylor to helm a cinematic version of the Twisted
Metal series. Taylor will both write and direct the vehicular
manslaughter flick under the supervision of Avi and Ari Arad, the
Spiderman and Iron Man movie producers who are also working on film
versions of Mass Effect and Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune.

According to the report on Deadline,
the movie will revolve around a deadly competition wherein
contestants are tasked with slaughtering each other with modified
vehicles for a chance to have one wish granted by the omnipotent
Calypso. Familiar characters such as Sweet Tooth and Doll Face have
been already been confirmed for the film, which means somewhere some
Hollywood people are getting paid to make a real life killer ice
cream truck.

There are no actors attached to the
Twisted Metal project yet, but may we suggest Breaking Bad’s Bryan
Cranston? No reason – he’s just awesome. Speaking of silly casting
speculation, the latest word out of the Hollywood blogosphere is that
Nathan Fillian is back on to star as Nathan Drake in Avi Arad’s
Uncharted movie. Considering the internet hasn’t been taken over by
Browncoats, we’ll wait for official word before taking this report
seriously.

The newest chapter in the Twisted Metal
video game series rolled out for PS3 yesterday. Read our review of
the brutal (in a good way) reboot here.