It's national Twilight Zone Day (no one knows why), and what better way to mark the occasion than with the official trailer for the second season of Jordan Peele's reboot of The Twilight Zone? We got our first look at still photos a few days ago, and, combined with the trailer, we're optimistic that Peele can pull off another strong season and do this classic science fiction series proud.
(Some spoilers for S1 below.)
Rod Serling created the original Twilight Zone anthology series for CBS in 1959, and it was an instant hit with viewers. Serling was a fan of both pulp fiction and science fiction, and he combined those passions with a strong interest in social commentary on topics such as nuclear war and McCarthyism. And he loved a good twist ending. The series was successfully revived in the 1980s and again (less successfully) in 2002. There was also a 1983 feature film, notorious because star Vic Morrow and two child actors were killed in a freak helicopter accident during filming.
The first season of Peele's latest reboot stayed pretty true to the spirit of the original series, including a remake of the classic episode, "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet," starring Adam Scott, which first aired in 1963 and is based on a short story by sci-fi author and screenwriter Richard Matheson. In fact, the finale was a meta-episode, "Blurryman," that featured a young screenwriter named Sophie who finds herself inside an iconic 1959 episode ("Time Enough at Last"). She discovers that the "Blurryman" she has been seeing throughout the episode is Serling himself, who leads her through a door into the Twilight Zone.
S1 had its share of darkly morbid delights, with several strong episodes, most notably the heartbreaking "Replay." And let's be frank, Peele's narration as host is better than Serling's stiff, clipped delivery, for all the latter's nostalgic charms. In addition to Scott, the all-star cast included Steven Yeun, Greg Kinnear, Kumail Nanjiani, John Cho, Sanaa Lathan, Ginnifer Goodwin, Seth Rogen, Zazie Beetz, John Larroquette, and Tracy Morgan, among others. Nanjiani was nominated for an Emmy for his performance in the pilot episode, "The Comedian."
Host with the most: Jordan Peele channels Rod Serling as narrator of The Twilight Zone. YouTube/CBS All Access Tell us what you see. YouTube/CBS All Access The world seems to be down for "maintenance." YouTube/CBS All Access Morena Baccarin stars in the episode "Downtime." YouTube/CBS All Access Jimmi Simpson stars in the episode "Meet in the Middle." YouTube/CBS All Access Why yes, that's Christopher Meloni in the episode "A Human Face." YouTube/CBS All Access Gretchen Mol stars in the episode "You Might Also Like." YouTube/CBS All Access Joel McHale stars in the episode "8." YouTube/CBS All Access At least someone seems to be having a great time. YouTube/CBS All Access "You are not who you appear to be." YouTube/CBS All Access Looks like someone isn't happy with their tarot reading? YouTube/CBS All Access - Read More – Source [contf] [contfnew]
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