Welcome to The Twilight Zone again; CBS revives series for third time, with Get Out’s Jordan Peele in charge
Now’s the perfect time to introduce sci-fi TV series to modern audiences – it feels like we’re living in a twilight zone this year, quips director whose low-budget feature debut was one of 2017’s most acclaimed films
Are you ready to re-enter The Twilight Zone? US television channel CBS has announced it will resurrect the science-fiction series, in a bid to boost its subscription-based streaming platform CBS All Access.
Comedian-turned-director Jordan Peele – known for directing mystery thriller Get Out, which is heading into awards season – will produce the reboot.
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First broadcast in 1959, The Twilight Zone was a pioneer in television drama, known for its suspenseful music composed by French-Romanian Marius Constant and the black-and-white spiral of the credits.
The series had no regular characters: each episode was instead a stand-alone exploration of fantasy, science fiction, psychology and metaphysics, with dramatic tension always at the forefront.
However, the series did have an omnipresent narrator – portrayed by the show’s writer, Rod Serling.