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Intriguing Writer Penning 'Twilight Zone' Feature
Monday, July 20, 2009


By: MrDisgusting
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Some fantastic news this evening as Warner Bros. is about to unlock the other dimension and cross over into the Twilight Zone. The studio and Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way are moving ahead on the Twilight Zone movie, hiring Rand Ravich to pen a script based on the iconic TV series, which melded fantasy, science-fiction and horror elements. Ravich's feature credits include directing The Astronaut's Wife, a film that carried a very Twilight Zone-esque premise and finale. The original "Twilight Zone" series ran for five seasons starting in 1959 on CBS, with Rod Serling creating the skein and writing more than half of the 156 episodes. If you haven't seen 'em, queue them up on Netflix or Blockbuster ASAP. What you might want to avoid is Warners previous bigscreen incarnation of the property, 1983's "Twilight Zone: The Movie," with Steven Spielberg and John Landis producing and directing segments.



Source: Variety

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ThunderDragoon
12:16am, July 20, 2009

Sounds good to me! :)


Murdock408
12:26am, July 20, 2009

It's about time they do something with the Twilight zone that will be GOOD... Hopefully


evilfairydust
12:31am, July 20, 2009

I'm VERY excited about this....I've been watching the Twilight Zone as long as I can remember, and I LOVE it!


bangor09
12:31am, July 20, 2009

Being a huge fan of Rod Serling (although I´m more on the Night Gallery side)I will wait eagerly for this one...


rusted31
2:41am, July 20, 2009

Lets hope this time there aren't any nasty on set deaths involving helicopters


Jettle
3:00am, July 20, 2009

....could be alone on this but I liked the first Twilight Zone movie. Dont get me wrong, Im sooo glad they are giving it more attention with a new flick, but the John Lithgow story where he sees the demon thing on the wing of the plane scared the shit out of me. Twenty years later I cant fly without thinking about its finger wagging in his face.


xXFacelessXx
3:52am, July 20, 2009

Ah Twilight Zone. This is what got me into horror. I remember the first day I watched them. I was over at my friend Nick's house. It was one in the morning and...wow. That was a fun night. I like that they are looking back into this. Hope it doesn't disappoint! =)


Rhyan_Wood
6:29am, July 20, 2009

You're def not alone Jettle. I liked the first TZ movie too. But I'll eagerly await this one.


CJ_01976
8:21am, July 20, 2009

As long as this is better than the 2002 version of the show, then I am interested.


CJ_01976
8:22am, July 20, 2009

And "Twilight Zone: The Movie" was awesome!


Werd5150
9:01am, July 20, 2009

why would i want to avoid the Twilight Zone movie? that movie was better than ANY episode of Twilight Zone ever was.


Skratchy
9:12am, July 20, 2009

They brought back the Twilight Zone TWICE. In like '86 and '02. Both incarnations sucked but the movie was awesome. Always liked the film version of "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" more. Though it's hilarious to see William Shatner and the guy in the monkey suit in the original.


turtlenipple
10:06am, July 20, 2009

I love the old movie also, so good


fuadramses725
12:22pm, July 20, 2009

The Twilight Zone movie was fantastic! Do not avoid it! Sure it isn't as great as the original show, but come on, Lithgow's segment? Legendary. In fact I enjoy every single segment in the movie. Maybe they could have dropped the old people, actually no they couldn't. Great memories from my childhood are associated with this film.


burn365
1:19pm, July 20, 2009

C'mon, Twilight Zone:the movie was great! Why should someone avoid it? It'll probably end up better than this new incarnation.


cynthia82
2:08pm, July 20, 2009

Another TZ movie? Rand will write the script. Loved his movie 'The Astronaut's Wife', scary and suspenseful! Whose going to direct? The last TZ movie was okay, but nothing to cry home to your mom about....


cynthia82
2:09pm, July 20, 2009

Call home to your mom about, duh!!!!


Blackheart666
2:30pm, July 20, 2009

Let's hope that nobody gets killed during production this time.


Jonny Horror
3:27pm, July 20, 2009

Simply the best show EVER, (my opinion).


evilfairydust
3:48pm, July 20, 2009

JETTIE: I agree with you! I think about that creature every time I fly....very creepy.


sanjr
7:30pm, July 20, 2009

Why do people keep returning to the well if they don't have a bucket to fill? All of the previous incarnations of "Twilight Zone" were ordinary at best & odious at it's worst. It's time to just admit that Serling's was untouchable & no will ever be able to do it justice...Ever. Why don't they try fucking up "Night Gallery"? That one hasn't been destroyed yet....


Biohazard
11:48pm, July 20, 2009

Please tell me that you didn't just explain what "The Twilight Zone" was. "Mr.D." I love ya. But you just plunged me into a deeper level of "Midlife Crisis"...


messer
5:09am, July 21, 2009

I grew up on Twilight Zone. Probably got me into horror. Every New Year's I watch the marathon. The original TZ film was hit and miss (mostly miss, I'll give you that). Interested in this. I'm assuming this will be an anthology film, I just wonder if it will be original stories or new stories.


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