in October 2014 it was announced that the television show Twin Peaks was returning with David Lynch at the helm. Twin Peaks ran between 1990 and 1991. The series charted an investigation headed by FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) into the murder of homecoming queen Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee). This was anything but a straightforward foretelling or a standard crime drama. The series was followed by a 1992 feature film, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, which sort of served as a prequel. The new series was to be a continuation of the original, although set in the present day.
Now comes the news that will disappoint many, series co-creator and director David Lynch will no longer be involved in the new series. According to the BBC, Lynch has confirmed he will not direct the sequel to Twin Peaks, citing disagreement over money.
The BBC states that Lynch has said he had not been given enough money “to do the script in the way I felt it needed to be done.” Lynch also adds that “This weekend I started to call actors to let them know I would not be directing.”
Lynch will still be involved in terms of writing. Lynch and his co-writer Mark Frost have already written the scripts for the nine-episode series.
It is understood that the series, made by Showtime, will still premier during 2016, some 25 years after the original finale. According to Variety, Showtime issued a statement on Lynch later on Sunday, saying it hopes to still bring back Twin Peaks “in all its glory.”
