That gum you like IS coming back in style. Following that above not very cryptic at all really tweet by Twin Peaks creator David Lynch, today he and series co-creator Mark Frost both tweeted at 11:30
11:30 is the time of day that Agent Dale Cooper entered Twin Peaks, and using a time stamp and two line that prophesied the return of the show nearly 25 years ago to announce it’s return…well, already I like this style.
As confirmed by Deadline Twin Peaks will return as a 9 episode mini-series on Showtime, with Lynch and Frost writing all 9 and Lynch directing them all. The show will run in 2016. Nelli Andreeva supplied some scuttlebutt:
I hear the new Twin Peaks will be set in the present day, more than two decades after the events in the first two seasons. It is expected to continue the lore and story of the original series, with Lynch and Frost committed to providing long-awaited answers and, hopefully, a satisfying conclusion to the series. It is unclear which actors from the original series will be featured in the followup. Rumor is that star Kyle MacLachlan would be back, likely reprising his role as FBI Agent Dale Cooper who was at the center of the show. The ABC series also featured some of Lynch’s favorite character actors, and it is likely that at least some of them will return.
Although in the past director Lynch disavowed any interest in finishing the show, I guess the current spate of 90 nostalgia changed his mind, fueled by the rapturous reception of the Bu-Ray release of the complete remastered show.
Twin Peaks first aired in 1990 and ran for 30 episodes—the central storyline involved the arrival of FBI agent Dale cooper into a small Northwestern town to investigate the murder of a high school prom queen named Laura Palmer who was anything but the “normal” girl she seemed to be. It was weird, amazing, baffling and sexy. It was the first truly auteur fueled show to become water cooler talk in America. It was also grossly misunderstood by the network, which insisted that Lynch and Frost solve the main mystery that fueled the show. The result was a terrifyingly swift decline in quality AND rating and cancellation after a handful of episodes.
You see, the message of Twin Peaks was that “normalcy” was a construct and the world was a weird and random place where we attempt to impose our own patterns. ABC, like other networks, was pledged to elevating the normal and typical in search of the LCD ratings smash.
Since then, mostly thanks to HBO, networks no longer call the shots, the internet gives us proof every day that every one is a nutter with secret fetishes, and the showrunner is the most important person in the equation. Vince Gilligan and Dan HArmon are the household names, not Fred Silverman and Brandon Tartikoff.
In the 25 years since Twin Peaks (and its obscure follow up On The Air) aired, Mark Frost has written a couple of Fantastic Four movies and some books. Lynch has pretty much continued to turn out material in peak form, and, to be fair, a lot of oddities. As impossible to return home again it may be, I’m not too fussed about the dangers of returning to the past this time out. Despite all protestations, Lynch and Frost seem to have been preparing for this for a while.
My log saw something—and it’s wrapped in plastic. Could it be….TWIN PEAKS: THE ENTIRE MYSTERY, a new Blue Ray set that includes the long lost 90 minutes of missing and alternate footage from Fire Walk With Me?
Between Hill Street Blues, justout on Blu-Ray, and Twin Peaks, you have the momma and poppa of everything you like on TV now. Hill Street Blues introduced the ongoing storyline format, recurring characters and jarring, gritty drama. Twin Peaks introduced great direction, lingering mysteries and eccentric humor.
Unearthing the dark secrets of a seemingly normal town somewhere in the primordial rain forests of Washington State, Twin Peaks followed the lantern jawed G-men and angora-sweatered high school girls as they confronted dreams, darkness and dwarves. Following up on the themes from Blue Velvet, director David Lynch made a show so addictive that Agent Cooper’s coffee fixation is said to have helped fuel the Starbucks boom.
Twin Peaks proved that you didn’t have to explain EVERYTHING for a show to make sense. Unfortunately, network executives of the time (1990-1991) did not get this and forced creators Lynch and Mark Frost to solve the central mystery of Laura Palmer’s death. The result was a silly show that had its guts ripped out and ended smack dab in the middle of a cliffhanger never to be resolved. The show was followed by a film called TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME that was, um, confusing, borderline awful. BUT NOW FINALLY the truth can be revealed as CBS is releasing a 7 disc Blue Ray set that includes 90 minutes of out takes and an alternate ending supervised by Lynch himself:
David Lynch and Mark Frost’s groundbreaking cult phenomenon, TWIN PEAKS — THE ENTIRE MYSTERY, arrives on Blu-ray July 29th with the debut of nearly 90 minutes of deleted/alternate scenes from Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. The long-awaited missing pieces from the original version of the film is often referred to as the “holy grail” of Twin Peaks fandom, and can only be found as part of this collection.
Presented as a feature-length experience, “The Missing Pieces” has been directed and edited by Lynch exclusively for this release. Capping off more than 30 deleted/alternate scenes is an epilogue providing a fascinating glimpse beyond the cliffhanger finale of the TV series.
With the July 29th timing, I’d expect to see ALL the stops run out for this at San Diego. Just a guess. And I need to be at that party!!!
Twin Peaks and Buffy are the cornerstones of 90s nostalgia. I rewatched the entire Twin Peaks opus five or six years ago and it held up amazingly. I can’t help but wonder why networks are so much smarter now? I guess HBO showed that you could do smart television without second guessing the people making it, and everyone followed suit.
Twin Peaks may have been equalled but never surpassed, and just in time for flannel shirts and doc martins, the original is back.
CBS Video has set up a tumblr called andthemissingpieces.tumblr.com/ where you can follow along at home.
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HOLY CRAP. That is not a headline I ever thought I would see.
Not even sure what to make of this. Too surreal.
I will hamper my outright enthusiasm until I know for sure this new Twin Peaks won’t be as surreally boring as Lynch’s last movie, Inland Empire.
Yeah, I have to agree with the whole “you can never go home again” slant. But Lynch & Frost doing this on Showtime (added with the abundance of popular “off the wall shows” on now) it could just be the exception to the rule! Only the Log knows and it ain’t talking!
My wife is a Twin Peaks fanatic and got me into this about a year or so ago. I really enjoyed it, so I think it’ll hold up. The really creepy red room stuff was so far ahead of its time. Looking forward to this.