A couple of months ago, we received the grand news that the Golden Globe and Peabody Award-winning series “Twin Peaks” will be returning as a new limited series, courtesy of Showtime and series creators and executive producers David Lynch and Mark Frost. We have to wait a few years, yes, but the wait is sure to be worth it.
A small step closer to the revival was taken today, as Showtime has opening up the series’ official site, which you can see HERE. Obviously, there isn’t a whole lot to gander at just yet, but it’s almost certainly worth keeping an eye on in the coming months.
Here’s a piece of the official announcement from October:
For viewers hoping to reminisce or for those discovering the series for the first time, SHOWTIME will re-air the first two seasons of TWIN PEAKS, in advance of the new episodes going on air in 2016. Widely considered one of the most groundbreaking and influential broadcast series of all time, TWIN PEAKS followed the inhabitants of a quaint northwestern town who were stunned after their homecoming queen Laura Palmer is shockingly murdered. The town’s sheriff welcomed the help of FBI agent Dale Cooper, who came to town to investigate the case. As Cooper conducted his search for Laura’s killer, the town’s secrets were gradually exposed. The mystery that ensued set off an eerie chain of events that plunged the inhabitants of Twin Peaks into a darker examination of their very existence. Twenty-five years later, the story continues…
Frost and Lynch are on board to write and produce all nine episodes, and four-time Oscar nominee David Lynch will direct.