Mark Hamill Enters Twisted Metal
Mark Hamill Joins Peacock's Twisted Metal Season 3, Playing Sweet Tooth's Father
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Peacock’s Twisted Metal premiered in July 2023; its second season arrived in July 2025, and the series’ third installment was renewed in November before today’s new casting announcement.
The Season 2 finale setup includes Sweet Tooth being “dragged behind a taxi” to Kane’s domain, where Kane’s enforcers deliver him to the Eastern Sovereignty’s “walled capital in the ruins of New York.”
Anthony Mackie said of Hamill: “For Mark Hamill to come into this world with us is amazing… He’s someone I’ve admired for a long time — a true legend who’s influenced generations of actors.”
Twisted Metal is produced by executives Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick (Deadpool fame) and is developed in part through PlayStation Productions, which has other adaptation projects in the works—including The Last of Us and God of War TV shows, plus upcoming film adaptations like Helldivers and Horizon.
Ahead of Season 3, the series’ renewal was tied to performance: the second season logged 993 million minutes viewed on Peacock, described as the platform’s “second most popular original returning scripted series.”
Mark Hamill is joining Peacock's Twisted Metal for Season 3, playing Pope Charlie Kane — the estranged father of Sweet Tooth and the ruler of a walled city in the ruins of New York. Deadline confirmed the casting on June 16, 2026, describing Hamill as a recurring cast member in what the show has been building toward since its Season 2 finale.
The addition of the Star Wars and Batman: The Animated Series legend is a major get for a show that logged 993 million minutes viewed in Season 2 — Peacock's second most popular original returning scripted series, according to GameSpot.
Sweet Tooth's Father Steps Out of the Shadows
Season 2 ended with Sweet Tooth — played physically by Joe Seanoa and voiced by Will Arnett — being dragged behind a taxi to his father's domain. Kane's enforcers deliver him to the Eastern Sovereignty, a faction controlling a fortified capital in the ruins of New York. Season 3 will put Hamill's Charlie Kane at the center of that conflict, according to TechTimes.
In the original PlayStation games, Charlie Kane drove a taxi called the Yellow Jacket. The show reframes him as "Pope" Charlie Kane, a political and religious authority figure. That shift from video game lore to TV power player is a deliberate escalation of scale, Meaww noted.
Anthony Mackie Calls Hamill a Generational Legend
Series star and executive producer Anthony Mackie, who plays lead character John Doe, made his feelings clear. "For Mark Hamill to come into this world with us is amazing," Mackie said. "He's someone I've admired for a long time — a true legend who's influenced generations of actors."
Hamill is best known as Luke Skywalker in Star Wars and as the voice of the Joker in Batman: The Animated Series. His casting brings a figure tied to both heroism and iconic villainy into a show built around chaos and dark humor. GameSpot called it a major coup for the series.
New Showrunner Takes Over as Season 3 Gets Underway
Season 3 comes with a key behind-the-scenes change. David Reed, a veteran of The Boys and Supernatural, replaces Michael Jonathan Smith, who ran the show through its first two seasons. Peacock renewed the series in November 2025, before today's casting news, according to Bloody Disgusting.
Actor Mike Mitchell, who played fan-favorite character Stu, has also confirmed he will not return. His exit sparked the #NoStuNoStream movement online. No premiere date for Season 3 has been announced yet, and production is still ongoing.
PlayStation Productions Bets Big on Its TV Slate
Twisted Metal is produced by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, best known for the Deadpool films, in partnership with PlayStation Productions. That same production arm is behind The Last of Us and has God of War, Helldivers, and Horizon adaptations in the pipeline, per TechTimes.
Season 1 of Twisted Metal premiered in July 2023. Season 2 followed in July 2025 and earned a critical jump to around 90% on Rotten Tomatoes. The Hamill casting signals that Peacock sees the show as a long-term franchise worth expanding — not just sustaining.
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