Jordan Peele To Executive Produce CBS 'The Twilight Zone' Reboot (engadget.com)

A couple of weeks ago, CBS CEO Leslie Moonves revealed that the network was planning to reboot the classic fantasy science-fiction TV series "The Twilight Zone." Few details about the show were available at that time, but we have now learned that Jordan Peele, director of the mystery/thriller Get Out, will co-executive produce the show. Engadget reports: The show will be produced by CBS Television Studios, with Simon Kinberg, Marco Ramirez, Win Rosenfeld and Audrey Chon also executive producing. Peele, Kinberg and Ramirez will collaborate on the premiere episode. "Too many times this year it's felt we were living in a twilight zone, and I can't think of a better moment to reintroduce it to modern audiences," Peele said in a statement.

Comments

In The Zone

[mentil]

I always preferred The Outer Limits. Now with Dark Mirror, is Twilight Zone really relevant? It won't be the same without Rod Serling, anyway.

Re:In The Zone

[russbutton]

Back in the mid-1980's, there was a Twilight Zone reboot that was actually quite good. Better than the original to my mind. It lasted two years, as is typical for intelligent shows. There was another edition in the early 2000's that was cheap horror and lasted only a couple of years because it was just lame.

I suggest that you just wait for the new one to come out, give it 3 weeks to see how it plays out. Could be good. Could be lame. Won't know until you know.

Re:In The Zone

[urbanriot]

Now with Dark Mirror, is Twilight Zone really relevant?

Assuming you mean Black Mirror, I would think that the Twilight Zone would entirely relevant for those of us who feel that Black Mirror is terrible. I'm a huge Twilight Zone fan, both the black and white original and the revival, as well as a huge Outer Limits fan, both the black and white original and the revival.
In my opinion the three shows have their own style, the latter having an interweaving story within stories during it's revival, while Black Mirror is less 'Twilight Zone' and more 'Ham Fisted Juvenile Message' than it is enjoyable sci-fi. Don't get me wrong, there were a few episodes of Black Mirror that were actually brilliant from a sci-fi perspective but the majority of episodes are more about "The Message" than it is about sci-fi or being clever (like Twilight Zone).

What?

[Jiro]

Twilight Zone is an episodic series with no continuing storyline. How in the world is it possible to "reboot" that?

Re:What?

[The Grim Reefer]

Twilight Zone is an episodic series with no continuing storyline. How in the world is it possible to "reboot" that

They'll rehash all of the classic episodes. Except instead of it using ham radios, televisions, and news papers, it'll cellular be phones, computers and 3d printers. The guy that flys his biplane forward in time from WWI to the 50's will now be in a WW2 Era fighter. The aliens will now be fancy cgi rather than a guy in a rubber suit, and a cgi Rod Sering will preach about the dangers of smoking. Wait, that last one would be pretty good, so it won't happen

Black Mirror

[sad_]

no mention about Black Mirror, but i suspect the success of that show also has something to do with the return (ofcourse, you don't mention the competition).
i know BM and TZ are not the same, but a lot of similarities are there and is targets pretty much the same crowd.

Nuclear holocaust

[ruddk]

Well Nuclear holocaust / post nuclear apocalyptic scenarios or what ever we want to call it, seemed to be popular in the old series, at least the ones I have seen. It seems like we are heading into times where it could be a popular theme again.

Nope...not PAYING to watch it

[p51d007]

Put it on "free" TV....CBS...you ain't Netflix by a long shot.

This should be genius...

[cavis]

The first episode will star Jayqwellin, D-Nice, and Ay-Ay-Ron.

Re:reboot

[DontBeAMoran]

You know what would be really funny? A reboot of this TV show.

When it comes to Peele

[93 Escort Wagon]

I prefer Emma to Jordan.