'Twin Peaks' Pushed Back to 2017, Says Showrunner
"Twin Peaks" co-creator Mark Frost recently shared that the reboot of the 1990s cult TV series won't be arriving until 2017. The show's reboot which was announced in October, was supposed to be aired sometime 2016 on the Showtime network. Frost, however, said otherwise.
He shared the news, which may cause some disappointment among the show's avid fans, during an interview while he was visiting the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. He cited that it was "vital" to "raise the bar" for the "new run of the series." He is working with co-creator David Lynch, likein the first run of the TV series.
"A lot of people always look back at 'Twin Peaks' and say that was the start of this explosion we've had in good television drama, but we did it in a time when there were still only three networks," Frost said. "The challenge for us is to try and come back and raise the bar above what we did the last time. We're coming back with season three of 'Twin Peaks' after a 25-year absence. We've finished the scripts, we start production in September, and that will be coming out on Showtime sometime in 2017."
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The first two seasons of the cult TV series aired from 1990 to 1991. It followed the story of an eccentric FBI agent who was investigating the mysterious murder of a young woman in a fictional town in Washington called "Twin Peaks." As the investigation went on, the FBI agent also discovers how equally eccentric and quirky the residents of the town are.
The new run will continue the story set in the present day, with Kyle Maclachlan reprising his role as Agent Dale Cooper. Other cast members who are returning are Dana Ashbrook as Bobby Briggs, Sherilyn Fenn as Audrey Horne and Sheryl Lee as Laura Palmer.
