'Twin Peaks' Reboot News: 217-Member Cast Announced; New Cast James Belushi, Ashley Judd, Among Others; Rumored Scenes with Original 'Log Lady'
Showtime has released Monday a list of returning as well as new cast members for its reboot of ABC's 1991 serial drama, the controversial and outlandish "Twin Peaks." Returning to the series are the previously confirmed actor Kyle MacLachlan, stepping back into his role as Dale Cooper, an FBI agent, and Sheryl Lee, who returns to the series as Laura Palmer, the homecoming queen who gets murdered. Lee also played the role of Madeleine "Maddy" Ferguson in the first series.
The famous "log lady" Catherine Coulson is also said to be appearing in some scenes which had been filmed before she died in September. Other original cast members who will also be returning for the new installment of "Twin Peaks" are Sherilyn Fenn as Audrey Horne, Mädchen Amick as Shelly Johnson, and Michael Horse as Tommy "Hawk" Hill. Also reprising their roles are Dana Ashbrook, playing Bobby Briggs, and Miguel Ferrer, playing the FBI Agent Albert Rosenfield. David Lynch besides his other roles in the production of the film, is also part of the cast, playing Gordon Cole, the hard-of-hearing FBI Regional Bureau Chief.
The Palmers, Leland and Sarah, Laura's (played by Lee) parents, Ray Wise and Grace Zabriskie, respectively, will be back in the reboot. Others who are also coming back are Kimmy Robertson who played Lucy Moran; Peggy Lipton, as Norma Jennings, the Double-R diner owner; Everett McGill, who was Jennings' lover, Ed Hurley; Wendy Robie, as Hurley's one-eyed wife, Nadine; and James Marshall, as Hurley's nephew James Hurley.
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More who will be making an appearance in the sequel are Al Strobel, as Mike, the One-Armed Man; Harry Goaz, as Deputy Andy Brennan, Robertson's occasional boyfriend; Charlotte Stewart to play Betty Briggs, Bobby's mother; Gary Hershberger who played Mike Nelson, Bobby's friend; Jan D'Arcy, as Sylvia Horne; and Harry Dean Stanton, as Carl Rodd.
Lara Flynn Boyle, who played Donna Hayward, chose not to return, while Piper Laurie who played Catherine Martell, is not featured on the list.
Joining the series in the new installment, among others, are Ashley Judd, Amanda Seyfried, Grant Goodeve, Larry Clarke, Naomi Watts, Laura Dern, as well as Balthazar Getty, Caleb Landry Jones, and Tom Sizemore. Jennifer Jason Leigh is said to be playing Judy, the woman shrouded in mystery while James Belushi and Robert Knepper may be brothers on the show.
The sequel will take place 25 years after the events in the first one, which centered on the investigation of the murder of Washington town Twin Peaks' homecoming queen, Laura.
Talk has it that one major setting for the show would be Las Vegas. No information is available on the rumored Coulson scenes as to whether those would be used in the upcoming installment, with Mary Dangerfield, Coulson's agent, claiming no knowledge.
According to her, "It's all a mystery. This is David Lynch. If there were ever a director that would surprise you, it would be him."
Lynch and Mark Frost co-write and co-executive-produced the upcoming show which has just concluded filming. Lynch will also direct all the scenes on the series and Frost may be doing a cameo.
The first installment, also from Lynch and Frost, aired on ABC for two seasons ending in 1991. The new series started production toward the end of 2014 but was setback because of differences between Lynch and Showtime. Although the spat had been settled, it caused the original 2016 date of release to be pushed back. The "Twin Peaks" sequel will premiere on Showtime in 2017, but there has been no specific date indicated.
With the expected release several months away, eagerly awaiting fans may expect more about Lynch's upcoming series.
