Showtime had been planning to premiere its limited series revival of ABC‘s Twin Peaks in 2016. Now CBS Corporation big boss Les Moonves is aiming for a 2017 premiere, instead. Moonves announced the delay during his November 3, 2015 third-quarter earnings conference call. Reportedly, a Showtime source later tried to walk that back.
The new production is hush-hush. While Kyle McLachlan is confirmed to return for the sequel, other actors are only rumored to be involved, having been sighted on location shoots and the like. We recently reported a Jennifer Jason Leigh sighting. According to Deadline, you might add Robert Knepper, Balthazar Getty, and Amanda Seyfried to that list. Continue on for more details about the Twin Peaks delay.
From Variety:
[Moonves] touted [Twin Peaks] as a property that will likely drive subscriptions of Showtime’s newly launched standalone broadband offering.
The “Twin Peaks” sequel has been in the works for more than a year. But the project hit a speedbump earlier this year when [David] Lynch and Showtime tussled over budget issues and the number of episodes to be produced. They wound up hammering out a deal that calls for the production of “more than nine” episodes, all directed by Lynch. […]
The 2016 premiere date would have marked 25 years since the end of the original ABC series. A Showtime rep said a late 2016 premiere date is still a possibility.
What do you think? Are you frustrated by this proposed Twin Peaks revival delay, or are you just happy the show is coming back? Do you plan to watch?
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