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David Lynch departs from Twin Peaks revival project over budget issues

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Fuck everything if this is true. Pay these people and make this show. I'd pay $100 for this season to be made. Hit the KS machine.
 
Party canceled.

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If there is actual creative motivation behind the project then I have to imagine it will still get done one way or another. Otherwise this is likely a blessing In disguise. Don't really see the need to force or put pressure on the project.
 
border said:
NBC cancelled Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt after the entire first season had already been filmed. I was listening to an interview with the actress and they said they didn't even know until the wrap party.
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NBC's decision not to air it was announced simultaneously with the move to Netflix (and the second-season order), so I'm not sure that really qualifies as a cancellation.
 
It will probably still happen, but I think it'd be for the best if it did not. It won't be good.
 
Big fan of Twin Peaks (although I have to admit I haven't rewatched in about 15 years) however I was always pretty ambivalent about this - the original series has such a strong character and sense of place. I'm not sure how they could recapture that. Fire Walk With Me already sullied the legacy somewhat.
 
If the dispute was over contracts, my guess is Lynch wanted to go one and done -- and take the show with him -- while Showtime wanted several seasons with or without Lynch.
 
I'm glad I didn't go around and binge watch the show as I had planned, or this would hurt a lot more.

Piers said:
Sometimes the grave is too wet and slippy to climb out of, like with Silent Hills.
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Well, there's a big if here: whether or not they made contracts about the scripts, if there was nothing on them, we could get Netflix to revive the revival.

But Silent Hills is dead, dead, dead.
 
Goddamn it. Probably for the best so that it can get picked up elsewhere. Showtime has been pretty awful for a while now.
 
I never expected new Twin Peaks until recently, so if it does fall through, it'll be back to the way I've always known Twin Peaks.

Although, I wonder if this changes anything about the book Mark Frost is writing.
 
Well, this sucks.

I hope another network picks it up. It would be a shame if fans didn't get what was promised to them.
 
Blader said:
If the dispute was over contracts, my guess is Lynch wanted to go one and done -- and take the show with him -- while Showtime wanted several seasons with or without Lynch.
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Yeah, that's generally what I'm thinking too.

The alternative is Lynch wanted to do an ongoing continuing series, but Showtime only wanted 1 season and to be done. ...I just can't believe that.


The positive I take away from this is if Lynch wants to do a 1 season mini-series to finish everything up, Netflix, at least from my perspective would probably be willing to do it. ...That is unless Twin Peaks is tied up in some legal crap and can't move over to Netflix.
 
I know it's easter sunday but I'd expected more information by now.
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Really ? I always thought Twin Peaks was way bigger than that. Thanks
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Twin Peaks was bigger than Firefly. Twin Peaks' first season did legitimately well in ratings and was talked about out in the real world. Firefly was niche from the outset. Comparing the two does illustrate how the internet and broadcasting interact and how cult tv fandom changed in the intervening 10 years, though, as the fandoms do feel the same size in a way. I believe it's merely that the Firefly fandom is so vocal because the show they love is so specific. Which in turn illuminates why people might not be itching to throw cash at Twin Peaks now: not only has its cultural cache been fossilized in a sense, but with such a fractured viewing audience it really does need a specialty home, and it's difficult to predict how popular the show would truly be from online buzz.
 
I'm not surprised.

I respect Lynch for walking away rather than compromising his vision but how did Showtime really see this going down?

I think that some kind of event mini series (4 hours maybe) would have been far more realistic a goal for all concerned.

I think 9 episodes might have been a bridge too far.
 
It could turn out Lynch was too cagey and demanding, but at the moment this sure seems like Showtime's fault. How would it be a good idea to announce a revival of a cult tv series driven by an auteur filmmaker, and THEN get into knotty negotiations and decide you can't agree on a budget with that filmmaker? Anybody who'd be excited about Twin Peaks coming back will detest them if they do it without Lynch. Simply terrible business.
 
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