Remake of THE TWILIGHT ZONE

http://www.avclub.com/articles/christopher-nolan-and-michael-bay-among-directors,62619/?

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Leonardo DiCaprio is still intent on producing a new Twilight Zone feature—and unlike the 1983 version, the new film will boast only a single storyline (from The Astronaut’s Wife writer Rand Ravich), which will touch on several themes from the original Rod Serling show, such as the idea that man’s fate is determined almost entirely by irony. And in keeping with ditching the anthology format (previously split up among Steven Spielberg, John Landis, Joe Dante, and George Miller), Warner Bros. is looking for just a single director this time, with a shortlist narrowed down to four names: Christopher Nolan, Michael Bay, Alfonso Cuaron, and whom Variety terms the “dark horse,” Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes director Rupert Wyatt, which is probably the first time anyone named “Rupert” has been called a “dark horse.” That’s really more of a Welsh cob sort of name.
Anyway, not surprisingly, Nolan is considered the front-runner to take on the project, thanks to his close relationship with DiCaprio, who probably discussed the project with Nolan during their daily Harpo Marx mirror routine. However, Bay is also reportedly very interested—though given the tragedy that befell Vic Morrow on the first Twilight Zone, and Bay’s own history with on-set injuries, maybe not tempting fate is as good a reason as any to not have a Michael Bay-directed Twilight Zone movie. In the meantime, all four directors are probably wondering how they came to be suddenly trapped together, trying to determine the nature of their relationship and growing increasingly desperate with every passing moment, as they begin to turn on each other out of paranoid terror, until they discover that they’re the same but now everyone else is different, and also they time-traveled but it was Earth all along.

I'd be very interested in seeing Nolan take on a project like this.

Michael Bay needs to stay away, however.

Bay's a better director.

Heads will roll.

Brett Ratner should be given a chance.


Actually, I'd like to see this handed to someone like David Lynch. Seriously.

Lynch would be great. And give Joe Dante another shot. And John Carpenter.

Yeah, Dante would be a nice choice. I liked Landis' segment the most.

Spielberg should never come close to the series again. That was god-awful.


They'll need to bring Goldsmith back from the dead, too. Hans Zimmer just won't cut it.

Only ones I liked from the 80s film were the segments by Dante and Miller, I think they even improved on the episodes they were based on. How Landis' segment would have played out without the incident would have been more interesting, the current one feels too incomplete and pointless. Spielberg's segment was just a fucking disaster. He should have gone with the original idea of a bully being confronted by monsters on Halloween night.

I think THE TWILIGHT ZONE should be left alone. It's been revived time and time again and never lived up to the original. But I guess WB is desperate for a tentpole that has brand recognition.

The 80s series had some real gems early on, despite production values that make HAZEL look like BENHUR.

Makeshift Python wrote:

I think THE TWILIGHT ZONE should be left alone. It's been revived time and time again and never lived up to the original. But I guess WB is desperate for a tentpole that has brand recognition.

Might be more promising than some of the more recent television reincarnations, though. Made me wonder if they even knew who the fuck Rod Serling was.

"kewl anothr twilite movy!'
"r ther gon b fkin' r0botz bro?"
"pattinsor maks my pants wet"
"wot?"

Mr. Brown wrote:

http://www.avclub.com/articles/christopher-nolan-and-michael-bay-among-directors,62619/?

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Leonardo DiCaprio is still intent on producing a new Twilight Zone feature—and unlike the 1983 version, the new film will boast only a single storyline (from The Astronaut’s Wife writer Rand Ravich), which will touch on several themes from the original Rod Serling show, such as the idea that man’s fate is determined almost entirely by irony. And in keeping with ditching the anthology format (previously split up among Steven Spielberg, John Landis, Joe Dante, and George Miller), Warner Bros. is looking for just a single director this time, with a shortlist narrowed down to four names: Christopher Nolan, Michael Bay, Alfonso Cuaron, and whom Variety terms the “dark horse,” Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes director Rupert Wyatt, which is probably the first time anyone named “Rupert” has been called a “dark horse.” That’s really more of a Welsh cob sort of name.

Anyway, not surprisingly, Nolan is considered the front-runner to take on the project, thanks to his close relationship with DiCaprio, who probably discussed the project with Nolan during their daily Harpo Marx mirror routine. However, Bay is also reportedly very interested—though given the tragedy that befell Vic Morrow on the first Twilight Zone, and Bay’s own history with on-set injuries, maybe not tempting fate is as good a reason as any to not have a Michael Bay-directed Twilight Zone movie. In the meantime, all four directors are probably wondering how they came to be suddenly trapped together, trying to determine the nature of their relationship and growing increasingly desperate with every passing moment, as they begin to turn on each other out of paranoid terror, until they discover that they’re the same but now everyone else is different, and also they time-traveled but it was Earth all along.

Bay would be a horrid choice for this.

And Nolan wouldn't really be able to capture THE TWILIGHT ZONE feel, either; at its best, it was a significantly more human show than it was an intellectual mind-game. Nolan doesn't have the right sense for characters. (Can anyone really see Nolan doing a "Walking Distance," or "The Night of the Meek"?) Only somebody who doesn't really "get" THE TWILIGHT ZONE would think Nolan is a good fit. But of course the studio is probably much more interested in the brand than they are in actually retaining the essence of one of the greatest television series ever produced.

Cuaron might do okay. Heck, so might Rupert. But THE TWILIGHT ZONE was always a writer's show, and this will be a writer's film, too. It's all going to come down to the screenplay.

Harmsway wrote:

Only somebody who doesn't really "get" THE TWILIGHT ZONE would think Nolan is a good fit.

Only Harms gets things. It''s tough being a genius.

Erica Ambler wrote:

Only Harms gets things. It''s tough being a genius.

It's a burden only I, William Shakespeare, and Gary Dahl understand.

And Beetlejuice from the Howard Stern Show. The man's brilliant.