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CBS Developing “Twilight Zone” Reboot for All Access Streaming Service
In recent years we’ve heard talks of a “Twilight Zone” movie getting off the ground, but it looks like the iconic series is soon headed back to the small screen once more.
Deadline reports that CBS chairman Les Moonves revealed today that a reboot of “The Twilight Zone” is in development, to be aired exclusively on CBS All Access.
“Where others worry about cord cutters, we don’t,” Moonves said during an earnings call. “Where others are losing subs to cord cutters, we’re growing.”
No official details have yet been announced about the reboot, but THR speculates that show hails from Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw banner, with Marco Ramirez (Netflix’s The Defenders and Daredevil) set to pen the script and serve as showrunner.
“The Twilight Zone,” created and hosted by Rod Serling, ran as a series on CBS from 1959 to 1964. The show melded fantasy, science-fiction, and horror elements with Serling serving as the exec producer and writing or co-writing 92 of the show’s 156 episodes along with delivering monologues at the beginning and end of each episode.
“American Horror Story” lucky season 13 is shaping up to be an all-star reunion, and it’s finally set its premiere date.
Ryan Murphy‘s hit FX horror anthology will return Thursday, September 24 at 9 p.m. ET on FX and Hulu, streaming globally on Disney+.
The official logline reads: “An unrivaled 13th installment that will do justice to everyone’s most feared number. Bringing together an all-star cast, many of whom are reprising fan-favorite roles, American Horror Story: 13 continues to build on the anthology’s decades-long legacy that has been streamed more than 700 million hours across the globe and spawned a legion of dedicated fans.”
“American HorrorStory has redefined the genre with various installments featuring a creepy murder house, a coven of witches, a traveling freak show, a haunted hotel and the apocalypse itself. Which iconic horrors will return to haunt the hallowed halls of 13 and what new terrors await? Light your candles, draw your pentagrams and prepare for a supreme surprise.”
In other words, it sounds like the 13th season will capture the series’ greatest hits.
Returning favorites this season include Jessica Lange, Emma Roberts, Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Angela Bassett, Kathy Bates, Billie Lourd, Gabourey Sidibe, Leslie Grossman, Ariana Grande, John Carroll Lynch , and Mat Fraser.
Newcomers this season include Mena Suvari (American Beauty), Berto Colon (“The Night Agent”), and cult filmmaker John Waters.
Murphy, Falchuk, Ned Martel, Charlie Carver, Eric Kovtun, Nissa Diederich, Scott Robertson, Tanase Popa, Crystle Roberson Dorsey, Jennifer Salt, and Tim Minear serve as executive producers.
Produced by 20th Television, “American Horror Story” has amassed over 100 Emmy nominations and 17 wins since its launch in 2011.
Related: Everything we know about Season 13 so far.
With the premiere date now set for this fall, expect to see and hear a lot more about the new season in the coming months.
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