'Twisted Metal' trailer has Anthony Mackie driving a Subaru WRX with machine guns

Another day, another post-apocalyptic TV series. This time it's "Twisted Metal," based on the PlayStation series about vehicular combat. It's definitely one of the more obscure titles to get an adaptation, but count us in for the cars and carnage. And comedy, at least this post-apocalypse is funny.

The original "Twisted Metal" game came out in 1996. Players selected from a number of different vehicles with varying pros and cons to do battle in a gladiator-like arena. The cars were unlicensed, but some did bear resemblances to real-world vehicles. There were analogues to the AM General Hummer, an early '60s Chevy Impala lowrider, Lamborghini Diablo, Checker Marathon cab, and so on. Sequels expanded the variety of cars. In total there were eight games in the series, as well as a couple of spinoffs, with the last one released in 2012.