CBS All Access has announced that it is working on a reboot of the iconic thriller series "Twilight Zone," which reports say will be helmed by Jordan Peele.
In an earnings call with investors, CBS Corporation CEO Leslie Moonves revealed that the network is reviving the series for its subscription video on demand channel CBS All Access.
The original "Twilight Zone," created and narrated by Rod Serling, aired from 1959 to 1964 in CBS and is also currently available in its SVOD. It has been rebooted twice — once in the 1980s and another time in 2000s — but none has been able to match the original.
All Access said that its audience is generally 20 years younger than the average CBS viewer. With this new move, the platform may well be able to attract more paying and older subscribers with the promise of nostalgia.
"The programming kind of needs to be more premium than it would be on CBS. ... It needs to be more specialized, needs to stand out," Moonves said in the call.
His brief flash news on the reboot did not mention what direction it would take, but sources told The Hollywood Reporter that it will be led by director Jordan Peele with his Monkeypaw Productions. Peele is widely recognized for making $252,434,250 gross out of mystery thriller "Get Out," which only took $4.5 million to make. As of August, "Get Out" was the most profitable movie of 2017, according to Time.
Sources added that the upcoming show will be ran and written by Marco Ramirez, who is also running the Netflix Marvel series "The Defenders" and "Daredevil, Sons of Anarchy." CBS All Access, however, has yet to comment on Peele's and Ramirez's involvement on the series.
Once it hits the airwaves, "Twilight Zone" will join other All Access originals such as "The Good Wife" spin-off "The Good Fight," the revival of "Star Trek: Discovery" and "Strange Angel," among others.
