Twisted Metal
If the cinematic planet had aligned otherwise , Nicolas Cage would have had another flame - headed unbalanced - faced driver to add to his filmography alongsideGhost Rider . According toCrankco - manager Brian Taylor , his plan film adaption of the video gameTwisted Metalwould have been something else , and he would have had the one - time Johnny Blaze playing the mascot persona Sweet Tooth .
For those that may have miss out , Twisted Metalwas a very popular game franchise in its day , with the first form of address being released on the original PlayStation back in 1995 . The construct was fundamentally a mark between a fighting tournament and a destruction derby , with OTT weapon system and other boosts being available to players fighting through a serial publication of arenas . What marked it as being different to other fomite - based combat game at the clock time , was the dark humor and kookie horror - tinge storyline . participant were capable to opt markedly dissimilar characters , which affected the abilities of the vehicles they drive . Most popular was Sweet Tooth , a diabolical clown that drive an heavily - armed ice rink - cream truck , and would go on to become the figurehead for the franchise throughout the sequels .
Back in 2012 , it was reported that Sony had hired Taylor to take alive - action pic of the game . It was time absolutely to coincide with the vent of a rebooted version of the game , and Taylor had just get along offGhost Rider : Spirt of Vengeance . Despite the usual curse of bad television plot films , it seemed to be promising project at the clip . However , the film never start out past the planning stage , but that did n’t stop Taylor from talking about the project during an consultation withColliderat TIFF 2017 . According to the director , one primary reason for the moving picture to stall was the failed reboot of the franchise by Sony :
" Sony came out with a raw interlingual rendition of the game , did n’t really sell that well . So they had this belongings that was kind of like this ' tweener ' . It was a moving-picture show that felt like it needed to be $ 50 million , but they did n’t feel that the fanbase really merit that kind of movie ; it really wanted to be more of a $ 15 million movie , but the nature of it with the set pieces would ’ve just made it too great . “
But Taylor was very convinced that he could ’ve delivered an awful moving picture if the budget had been there . He even compares the unfulfilled project as being close to the ultimate apocalyptical car movieMad Max : Fury Road . He goes on to say :
" That was gon na be badass … It was kind of like Fury Road before Fury Road in a way . The set pieces in Twisted Metal were kind of the same thing . "
On top of all that , Taylor ’s quality choice for playing Sweet Tooth would have definitely have been Cage . The character reference has a convoluted and crazy backstory running through the games , but one thing that has remain invariant has been his evil clown smiler and the flaming head . He ’s also said to be a irredeemable killer and even murders member of his own family . throw Cage’sprevious hyper performances , it ’s remarkably easy to see him in the part and chew up scenery .
Although Taylor - who is presently exploit onHappy!- would revisit the task if the budget was made usable , given the low - visibility of the franchise at the second it ’s unlikely to ever happen . But despite the normal hero - quality of video game translations , this is one film that you ca n’t aid enquire just how mad and explosive it could have been .
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