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“Twin Peaks” 3rd Season Doubled: Angelo Badalamenti Returns!
According to WelcomeToTwinPeaks, the third season of the cult TV show “Twin Peaks” has been doubled in size, growing from 9 to 18 episodes! Additionally, composer Angelo Badalamenti is returning to score the show.
On top of that, Twede’s Cafe in North Bend, WA, which served as the location of the Double R Diner from the show, will be remodeled to serve as the iconic location once again.
Shooting for the show begins this September in North Bend and Snoqualmie, WA.
For fans of the series, this is amazing news! It seems as though the budget concerns that drove co-creator/director David Lynch away (he has since returned) have been completely cleared and then some!
At Crypticon panel for "Twin Peaks", Sheryl Lee and Sherilyn Fenn said expanded order is 18 eps, twice what it was before. @ThatsOurWaldo
— Tyler Foster (@tylerfdvdtalk) May 23, 2015
In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war, but it was a cheerful illustrator from England who helped to define the terrifying war-torn imagery that inspired what we now know as Grimdark (a hybrid genre combining horror with sci-fi/fantasy).
Unfortunately for fans of Warhammer 40,000, Trench Crusade and countless other sources of Grimdark thrills, veteran artist John Blanche passed away this week after struggling with health issues for the past few years.
While the artist retired back in 2023, he leaves us with an enormous legacy of iconic artwork that continues to inspire gamers and storytellers around the world to this very day.
The news is especially gloomy as it was only last year that Daniel Lowman and Napoleon Dynamite himself Jon Heder released The Grim & the Dark: The Search for John Blanche, a documentary following Heder’s exploration of the Grimdark genre culminating in a heartwarming encounter with Blanche in his own home.
Below is one of my favorite pieces by Blanche, his highly influential depiction of Warhammer 40k’s God-Emperor of Mankind on his Golden Throne.
We send our deepest condolences to John Blanche’s family, friends, and fans.
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