Jordan Peeles Twilight Zone Reboot: Everything We Know So Far

Next year, CBS All Access will unveil its Twilight Zone reboot—but as winter settles in and the new year approaches, we still know very little about the project. The streaming program will reimagine the classic Twilight Zone series, which aired from 1959 to 1964. Jordan Peele will executive produce the series alongside Simon Kinberg, and Peele will narrate and host it as well. Beyond that, even now, all we have to go on are a teaser and a couple of casting announcements—including, most recently, Kumail Nanjiani. With that in mind, lets run over the details available so far.

According to Deadline, the Silicon Valley actor will star in an episode written by Alex Rubens (The Last O.G., Key and Peele). Adam Scott and Sanaa Lathan joined the cast of the reboot last month, and we also know that Gerard McMurray (The First Purge) will direct one episode.

The original Twilight Zone remains one of the most enduring paranormal series of all time, so the stakes on this adaptation will be high—even if the property has been revived multiple times before. (Reboots aired from 1985 to 1989 on CBS, with Charles Aidman as narrator, and from 2002 to 2003 on UPN, hosted by Forest Whitaker.)

While we dont know anything about the story line for Kumail Nanjianis episode, we do know a little about Adam Scott and Sanaa Lathans. Scott, who is perhaps best known for his turn as Ben Wyatt on Parks and Recreation and who now appears on The Good Place, will star in a reimagined version of the original shows well remembered “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet” episode, in which William Shatner is tormented by a gremlin only he can see. Lathan, meanwhile, will star in an episode titled “Rewind,” likely based on the episode from the 2000s revival of the series—an installment in which a gambler uses a supernaturally enabled tape recorder to turn back time, in an attempt to beat the house.

As for the mood of the show? Its not a ton to go on, but this first teaser provides some hints as to Peeles aesthetic; unsurprisingly, its pretty eerie.

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