‘The IT Crowd’ Star Chris O’Dowd Heading To ‘The Twilight Zone’
The CBS All Access reboot ofThe Twilight Zonealready has some stellar talent on board. The series revival fromGet OutdirectorJordan PeelecountsZazie Beetz,John Cho, Ginnifer Goodwin, Greg Kinnear, Kumail Nanjiani, Seth Rogen, Adam Scott, Allison Tolman,andJacob Tremblayamong the cast, and now another outstanding talent has been added to the line-up.
The IT CrowdandBridesmaidsstarChris O’Dowdhas joined one of the first season episodes ofThe Twilight Zone. He’ll be starring alongsideTransparent’sAmy Landecker.Deadlinehas news on Chris O’Dowd joiningThe Twilight Zonereboot cast along with Amy Landecker. The two will star in an episode titled “The Blue Scorpion,” which doesn’t appear to be remaking an episode from the original series (though there will be some episodes that remake stories from the classic series). The episode in question is written byThe X-Filesscribe and producerGlen Morgan, who is also an executive producer of the newTwilight Zone.
Chris O’Dowd is primarily known for his comedic work in shows likeThe IT Crowd, Family TreeandMoone Boy, not to mention supporting roles inBridesmaids, This Is 40andJuliet, Naked. But he’s occasionally taken roles in projects likeThe Cloverfield Paradox, The Program, andThe Double, so there’s a precedent for forays into sci-fi. Currently O’Dowd leads the Epix series adaptation ofGet Shorty.
If the trailer forThe Twilight Zoneis any indicator, this series reboot looks like it will be the best piece of programming CBS All Access will have to offer, especially for those who aren’t a fan ofStar Trekin general. Jordan Peele has already proven that he has a penchant for telling incredible genre stories with insightful social commentary withGet Outandthis weekend’s release ofUs, and he’s the perfect filmmaker to steer this ship.
As for the rest ofThe Twilight Zonereboot cast, other episodes this season will also includeIke Barinholtz, Taissa Farmiga, Betty Gabriel, Ginnifer Goodwin, Luke Kirby, Sanaa Lathan, John Laroquette, Tracy Morgan, Rhea Seehorn, Jessica Williams, DeWanda WiseandSteven Yeun.
The Twilight Zonecomes to CBS All Access starting onApril 1, 2019and new episodes will be released on Thursdays in the weeks following the premiere. We’ll have reviews of the first few episodes of the show soon, so stay tuned to find out how the revival turned out.
