Michael Jonathan Smith, the co-creator and showrunner of the Peacock post-apocalyptic motion comedy collection Twisted Steel, lately spoke about why sure characters, like Jason Mantzoukas‘ Preacher, won’t seem in Season 2 of the present. Twisted Steel premiered on July 27, 2023, and all 10 episodes of its inaugural season have been launched in bulk. Nonetheless, the sophomore season, which debuted on July 31, 2025, will air weekly.
Smith defined in an interview with ScreenRant that scheduling points and makes an attempt to discover a strategy to accommodate the present’s large solid finally led to the choice to depart out Preacher and a number of other different characters within the second chapter. “There have been some characters from season 1 that I actually needed to deliver again, however due to scheduling and due to how large our solid was, we ended up shifting it round slightly bit,” Smith mentioned.
Notably, Twisted Steel is an adaptation of the vehicular fight online game franchise of the identical title from Sony Interactive Leisure. Season 2 will revolve round Calypso’s upcoming match, and the psychotic killer clown Candy Tooth can be a pivotal a part of the narrative. Though Peacher and some different characters can be absent, Smith teased that they’ll return within the potential Season 3. “There’s an concept that I’m not gonna spoil… however there’s something that I’m saving for subsequent season for certain, God prepared,” he mentioned.
From what Smith acknowledged, it appeared that he and his collaborators may need confronted some points regrouping the solid for the second season. That is smart given how prominently energetic a few of these actors are lately. Maybe, if and when Season 3 goes into manufacturing, scheduling won’t develop into a serious concern.
The solid of Twisted Steel contains Anthony Mackie as John Doe, Will Arnett (voice) as Candy Tooth, and Anthony Carrigan as Calypso.
Initially reported by Tamal Kundu on SuperHeroHype.
