The last we heard about Showtime’s highly-anticipatedTwin Peaksrevival series was in June, when network presidentDavid Nevinsconfirmed in a conference call that they were eyeing aSpring 2017premiere date for the new series. While we wait for the first official footage from this long-awaited show, Showtime has released a brief trailer that confirms composerAngelo Badalamentiwill be back to score the series. Hopefully this video could indicate that the first trailer may be arriving soon.
A report surfaced last year thatAngelo Badalamentiwould be back to compose the score for this new Showtime series, but this video from Showtime finally confirms the news. This video showsAngelo Badalamentiand his Grammy® Award-winning theme music from the original series, thought to be one of the most distinctive ever created for television.David Lyncheven took to Twitter earlier today to welcome the beloved composer back toTwin Peaks, in a tweet which you can see below.
Showtime announced back in April that production has wrapped on the series, while announcing the full cast that is comprised of a whopping 217 actors.Kyle MacLachlan, who returns as FBI Agent Dale Cooper, had been the only actor previously confirmed by the network before this announcement. It was revealed thatMadchen Amick,Dana Ashbrook,David Duchovny,Sherilyn Fenn,Miguell Ferrer,Sheryl Lee,Peggy Lipton,Harry Dean Stanton,Russ Tamblyn,Ray WiseandAlicia Wittare all reprising their roles from the original series.
Among the notable new cast members areAmanda Seyfried,Jennifer Jason Leigh,Monica Belluci,Jim Belushi,Michael Cera,David Dastmalchian,Laura Dern,Sky Ferreira,Balthazar Getty,Ernie Hudson,Ashley Judd,Robert Knepper,David Koechner,Matthew Lillard,Josh McDermitt,Sara Paxton,Trent Reznor,Tom Sizemore,Ethan Suplee,Jessica Szhor,Eddie VedderandNaomi Watts. No details have been given for their characters at this time. Written and produced by series creators and executive producersDavid LynchandMark Frost, the newTwin Peaksis directed entirely by David Lynch, and will premiere on Showtime in 2017, on-air, on demand and over the internet.
One of the most groundbreaking and influential television series of all time, the new Showtimeevent seriespicks up twenty-five years after the inhabitants of a quaint northwestern town were stunned when their homecoming queen Laura Palmer was shockingly murdered. It still hasn’t been confirmed how many episodes the series will be, withDavid Lynchshooting the whole season off of one massive script, which will be cut into an undetermined amount of episodes. Take a look at thisTwin Peakstrailer below.
