Showtime’s ‘Twin Peaks’ Revival Pushed To 2017
It takes time to brew a damn fine cup of coffee, apparently.David Lynch’sTwin Peakslimited series is now slated to premiere in 2017, rather than 2016 as previously expected.Les Moonves, president and CEO of CBS Corporation (which owns Showtime), confirmed theTwin Peaksdelay this week. More about the Twin Peaks 2017 release after the jump.
Varietybroke the news. Moonves revealed during CBS' third-quarter earnings conference call that theTwin Peakslimited series will arrive in 2017. That said, the company clearly still has big hopes for it. Moonves predicted it would help drive up subscriptions of Showtime’s recently launched standalone streaming service.
One Showtime rep insisted to the trade that a late 2016 release was still possible. But we wouldn’t hold our breath. But Showtime’s David Nevins has also acknowledged that Twin Peaks could get pushed to 2017, and Moonves' comments indicate that is indeed the new plan. 2016 marks the 25th anniversary of the end of the originalTwin Peaksseries, which aired for two seasons on ABC.
Much of the talent from the earlier run is returning. Co-creators Lynch and Mark Frost wrote the scripts and Lynch is directing all the episodes. Kyle MacLachlan reprises his role Dale Cooper. While he is the only returning cast member officially announced so far, Sheryl Lee has been spotted on set andSherilyn Fenn,Dana Ashbrook,David Patrick Kelly, andRichard Beymerare all rumored to return.
And don’t worry, it won’t just be old-timers hogging all that damn fine coffee. Cast members new toTwin Peakswill includeBalthazar Getty,Amanda Seyfried,Peter Sarsgaard,Robert Knepper, andJennifer Jason Leigh. In addition, Lynch isreportedly courtinghisMulholland DrivestarNaomi Watts.
Showtime announced its intention to bring backTwin Peaksover a year ago. Initially, the plan was to make nine episodes to air sometime in 2016. But arguments over the budget and number of episodesled Lynch to walk away. Showtime and Lynch were eventually able towork out a new dealfor an unspecified number of episodes. We know it’s more than nine, and possiblyas many as 18.
