Overview
- Deadline and multiple outlets reported Monday that Mark Hamill will have a recurring role in Season 3 as Pope Charlie Kane, a faction leader who coverage describes as Sweet Tooth’s estranged father.
- David Reed has been named showrunner and executive producer for Season 3 after co-creator Michael Jonathan Smith exited the role following two seasons.
- Peacock renewed the series for a third season after Season 2 registered 993 million minutes viewed on the streamer, making it one of Peacock’s highest-reaching returning scripted seasons.
- Reports also note cast turnover for Season 3, including that Mike Mitchell (Stu) is not expected to return, a change that could alter planned storylines introduced at the end of Season 2.
- No official Season 3 plot details or release date have been announced, and the industry will be watching how Hamill’s casting and Reed’s leadership shape the show’s expansion of Twisted Metal lore.