CBS has released a couple of brand new trailers for the first two episodes of Jordan Peele’s take on The Twilight Zone, and we’re already hooked.
The first is for an episode titled ‘The Comedian‘, which stars Kumail Nanjiani and Tracy Morgan:
How far will you go for a laugh? @KumailN must decide in a new episode of #TheTwilightZone, “The Comedian”, streaming April 1, only on @CBSAllAccess: https://t.co/TyqmyVHgNR pic.twitter.com/XoxUmfl5TK
— The Twilight Zone (@TheTwilightZone) March 25, 2019
The second is for ‘Nightmare At 30,000 Feet‘ (a homage to original The Twilight Zone episode ‘Nightmare At 20,000 Feet‘), starring Adam Scott:
#TheTwilightZone takes flight April 1, starring @mradamscott in “Nightmare at 30,000 Feet,” only on @CBSAllAccess: https://t.co/TyqmyVpFph pic.twitter.com/9crijiII2H
— The Twilight Zone (@TheTwilightZone) March 25, 2019
Here are a couple of new images for good measure:
The Twilight Zone is being produced by CBS Television Studios in association with Jordan Peele’s production company Monkeypaw Productions and Simon Kinberg’s Genre Films. Both Peele and Kinberg will serve as executive producers alongside Win Rosenfeld, Audrey Chon, Carol Serling, Rick Berg and Greg Yaitanes.
The star-studded cast includes Kumail Nanjiani, Greg Kinnear, John Cho, Allison Tolman, Sanaa Lathan, Adam Scott, Jacob Tremblay and Erica Tremblay, Jessica Williams, Ginnifer Goodwin and DeWanda Wise, with Peele as host and narrator.
US viewers can expect to catch the first two episodes of the series on CBS All Access on 1 April 2019. The subsequent episodes will air weekly on Thursdays, starting from 11 April.
Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone originally ran from 1959 to 1964, and there have been various revivals and reboots since, not to mention a movie. But with the success of shows like Black Mirror, Philip K Dick’s Electric Dreams and Room 104, it’s obviously a good time to bring it back from a network’s point of view. It also feels like the perfect time for a new batch of social commentary-driven, unsettling SF stories, and on the basis of Get Out, Peele is absolutely the perfect choice for this.
The Twilight Zone will premiere on CBS All Access on 1 April. Get all the latest sci-fi news with every issue of SciFiNow.