The classic Twilight Zone has seen a number of incarnations, and another crack at resurrecting the property is in the works.
A big screen revival of the film is in the works that would feature a number of short films all surrounding a central theme. Jason Rothenberg has been hired to write the film.
Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way will produce this new feature which is speculated to likely resemble the previous film adaptation in 1983 which combined four separate 20-25 minute segments, each helmed by different directors (Steven Spielberg, John Landis, George Miller, Joe Dante) and all of which were either direct remakes or variations on previous episodes of the series.
I remember the first cinematic take on this story, as well as some of the attempts to reboot the franchise into episodic series that told different tales of the strange in each episode.
I do love the idea of different directors all producing their own short films to come together to make this one film.
My favourite segment was Nightmare at 20,000 feet which in the film was a remake of the episode that originally starred William Shatner, and the film version had John Lithgow in the role. The character has a window seat in an airplane and during a storm sees a gremlin on the wing and everyone else thinks he is crazy.
