David Lynch Pulls Out of "Twin Peaks", Though Show May Continue Without Him
According to an announcement on his Facebook page, David Lynch has pulled out of Showtime’s “Twin Peaks” reboot, writing:
Dear Facebook Friends, Showtime did not pull the plug on Twin Peaks. After 1 year and 4 months of negotiations, I left because not enough money was offered to do the script the way I felt it needed to be done. This weekend I started to call actors to let them know I would not be directing. Twin Peaks may still be very much alive at Showtime. I love the world of Twin Peaks and wish things could have worked out differently.
As previously reported, Lynch and Mark Frost were slated to resurrect the influential TV show that lasted two season in the early 90s, with the aim of bringing a new season in 2016.
According to the initial report, the new season, set in the present day, will span nine episodes airing on Showtime. They’ll also mark the shows 25th anniversary. Lynch was going to direct each episode, and he and Frost were going to write the script. It will “not be a remake or reboot,” Frost told Variety, which noted that “the passage of 25 years will be an important element in the plot.” The original plot centered on the mystery of a beautiful dead girl, Laura Palmer, in a small, imagined Washington town.
Read a Resonant Frequency column on the intersection of David Lynch with Dirty Beaches and Lana Del Rey. Below, check out the trailer for the 2016 reboot that Lynch initially shared:
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