‘Twilight Zone’ Reboot Coming To CBS All Access From ‘Get Out’ Director Jordan Peele
You’ve gotta hand it to CBS All Access: they’ve just made it extremely difficult to avoid subscribing to their subscription streaming service. A new report says thatJordan Peele– the formerKey & Peelestar and the architect behindGet Out, one of 2017’s best movies – is working on a reboot ofRod Serling’s seminal sci-fi anthology seriesThe Twilight Zonefor All Access alongside one of the showrunners of Netflix’sThe Defenders.
The Hollywood Reporterbrings the news that Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions is attached to the new show, andMarco Ramirez(Daredevil, The Defenders) is set to write and serve as the showrunner. While I think we’d all prefer it if Peele were officially running things in a more hands-on manner, I’ll gladly take him being involved with this in this capacity if it means we get more movies from him instead.
Why Peele is a great fit for a new Twilight Zone
Serling’s five-season run on the original series, from 1959-1964, was far more than just a standard sci-fi anthology show. Yes, it famously had twist endings that you didn’t see coming, and yes, each episode told a different self-contained story, but those were just cosmetic elements. The beating heart ofThe Twilight Zonewas always its social commentary, something Peele has been interested in for years. Go back and watch some oldKey & Peelesketches: even in the early seasons, you can see that duo was just as interested in making you think as they were about getting a laugh. And this year’sGet Outshowed us where Peele’s sensibilities as a storyteller lie: tackling modern social commentary through the lens of an exciting horror/thriller. He’s turned down some major would-be blockbusters in order to keep telling the kinds of stories he wants to tell, and I can’t think of anyone better to shepherd a newTwilight Zonereboot to modern audiences – even from afar.
