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Throughout his career, visionary filmmaker David Lynch, whose death was announced Thursday at the age of 78, made 10 features and dozens of short films. He only ever did two TV series (plus a 3-part anthology), but through one of them, Twin Peaks, his impact on the medium was profound.

“Even though, he’s probably better known as a filmmaker, when he entered TV, he revolutionized it,” says Gary Levine, Senior Creative Advisor at Showtime Networks who was a development executive on both the original Twin Peaks series at ABC and its continuation at Showtime.

In summer 1988, Levine, then a senior drama executive at ABC, had just seen Lynch’s Blue Velvet a few weeks earlier when they got word that the director was coming to pitch his first television show.

“I was scared to get in the room with him to tell you the truth,” Levine recalls of the meeting, which...

The world is a worse place now that we've lost the iconic filmmaker David Lynch. Dead at 78, Lynch quickly was able to establish himself as perhaps the premier and the most famous avant-garde filmmaker of his generation, thanks to such quintessentially off-kilter films as "Eraserhead," "Blue Velvet," and "The Elephant Man." But just as "Blue Velvet" upended an '80s-era vision of American suburbia as an idyll in which the nuclear family could grow and prosper, Lynch was able to fully change the landscape of the small screen during his time as an artist. His chief (but not only) entry into the world of television was "Twin Peaks," a genre-bending drama he co-created with Mark Frost that brought together a massive ensemble cast, used a small-town murder as a jumping-off point into a depiction of man's capacity for good and evil, and ended up inspiring countless shows in the following decades.

You can watch two of Kevin Costner's signature Westerns for free on Tubi. Open Range and Dances with Wolves offer authentic and remarkable cowboy tales, showcasing Costner's talent as an actor and director. Amidst the disappointment of Horizon: An American Saga, Costner's legacy in the Western genre continues to shine through in these classic films.

Kevin Costner's best Westerns are available to stream today, and the best thing about this, is that you can watch them for free. Open Range and Dances With Wolves have been added to Tubi's impressive catalog of movies. The streaming service is known for its capacity to host obscure and mainstream hits on a single user-friendly platform that you don't have to pay a single cent to watch.

Both films starring Costner (and also directed by him) were added to the roster of films that usually land in Tubi's catalog on a monthly basis.

This article contains spoilers for Twin Peaks Seasons 1 and 2.

"I have good news: That gum you like is going to come back in style." -- The Man from Another Place

Twin Peaks is one of the most unique TV experiences in history. The product of movie director David Lynch, an aficionado of all things strange and surreal, the series was destined for weirdness and greatness from the beginning. Debuting on the ABC Network on April 8, 1990, Twin Peaks startled and compelled audiences with its genre-defying blend of mystery, drama, horror and comedy. From the dreamy title sequence set to the ethereal instrumental of "Falling" to the horrifying discovery of a body wrapped in plastic on a foggy beach, Twin Peaks set the stage for a terrifying mystery and revolutionized TV forever.

Twin Peaks didn't last long on television. It ran for two seasons, with a total of 30 episodes aired over the course of one year.

Pilot episodes set the tone for the series. The Greek root of the word "pilot" is pēdon, which means oar that would steer a boat, much like a pilot episode steering the course for an entire series. Some of the most iconic pilots come from series like Breaking Bad, The West Wing and Lost.

Pilot episodes are the make-or-break moment for many television shows. It sets the tone for the series and has the daunting task of introducing an entire show and its characters to an audience, all under a time limit of an hour (usually). Some shows are still finding their footing during the pilot episode and even so during their first seasons. Pilots have a huge amount of pressure applied to them, and the concept of pilots dominates the industry as everyone is trying to get their shows picked up.

Generally speaking, the summer is referred to as pilot season,...

Public Image Ltd. have shared End of World, their first album in eight years. Listen to John Lydon and company’s latest effort below via Apple Music and Spotify.

The band began work on End of World in 2018, but they really experienced a “massive explosion of ideas” after the pandemic. When they announced the record back in April, the news followed the recent passing of Lydon’s wife, Nora Forster. The album cut “Hawaii” was written for her.

The follow-up to the 2015 release What the World Needs Now…, End of World also features the singles “Penge” and “Car Chase.” Next month, Public Image Ltd. will embark on a tour of the UK and Europe, and tickets are on sale here.

Earlier this summer, Lydon became the latest artist to warn us that AI could soon pose a threat to society as we know it. “What or where is the moral code?...

Is Fringe a show you’d really like to watch but you just don’t have time to wade through years of it all at once? Do the fans all tell you “season one is a bit iffy but stick with it, it gets great,” leaving you with absolutely zero desire ever to watch the boring/silly/just plain weird season one? Then this binge-watching guide is for you.

In this guide, we’ll outline routes through this underrated sci-fi series focusing on particular characters, story arcs, or episode types. Since part of this article is meant to encourage new viewers, spoilers will be kept to a minimum. However, be aware that due to the nature of the piece, certain elements of world-building, bad guy-revelation, late character arrivals, etc. will be spoiled, and looking at the details of one suggested “route” may spoil another.

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"The Terror" anthology TV series, based on the 2007 best-selling novel by Dan Simmons is described as similar to John Carpenter's "The Thing", executive produced by Ridley Scott, starring Jared Harris ("The Last of the Mohicans") debuting on AMC March 26, 2018:

"...'The Terror' is a fictionalized account of 'Captain Sir John Franklin' and his lost expedition sailing 'Hms Erebus' and 'Hms Terror' to the Arctic (1845–1848)...

"...to find the 'Northwest Passage' to the Orient.

"While Franklin and his crew are plagued by starvation and illness, forced to contend with mutiny...

"...they are also stalked across the bleak Arctic landscape by a 'monster'..."

Cast includes Jared Harris, Tobias Menzies, Ciaran Hinds, Paul Ready, Adam Nagaitis, Edward Ashley...

...Matthew McNulty, Liam Garrigan, Ronan Raftery and Nive Nielsen.

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "The Terror"...

Sneak Peek footage from "The Terror" monster anthology TV series, executive produced by Ridley Scott, airing on AMC March 2018, based on the 2007 best-selling novel of the same name by author Dan Simmons:

"...'The Terror' is a fictionalized account of 'Captain Sir John Franklin' and his lost expedition sailing 'Hms Erebus' and 'Hms Terror' to the Arctic, in 1845–1848, to find the 'Northwest Passage' to the Orient.

"While Franklin and his crew are plagued by starvation and illness, forced to contend with mutiny, they are stalked across the bleak Arctic landscape by a 'monster'..."

Cast includes Jared Harris, Tobias Menzies, Ciaran Hinds, Paul Ready, Adam Nagaitis, Edward Ashley, Matthew McNulty,

Liam Garrigan, Ronan Raftery and Nive Nielsen.

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "The Terror"...

Based upon Dan Simmons' novel of the same name, which itself was inspired by true events, Ridley Scott's AMC series The Terror follows two ships, Hms Erebus and Hms Terror, as they depart England on a perilous voyage into uncharted territory to discover the Northwest Passage. However, the ships find themselves trapped in the ice and the frozen and isolated crew find themselves faced with treacherous... Read More...

There's nothing to be afraid of. Watch a sneak peek of The Terror TV show and check out photos for the upcoming TV series. AMC has announced The Terror will make its debut with a two-hour series premiere on Monday, March 26, 2018 at 9:00pm Et/Pt. A thriller from Ridley Scott, David Kajganich and Soo Hugh, The Terror is based on a true story and follows the Royal Navy as it tries to find the Northwest Passage. The AMC TV series stars Jared Harris, Tobias Menzies, Ciarán Hinds, Paul Ready, Adam Nagaitis, Nive Nielsen, Ian Hart, and Trystan Gravelle. Read More…...

AMC's new series The Terror, based on Dan Simmons' historical horror novel of the same name, will have a two-hour series premiere on Monday, March 26 at 9 p.m.

Synopsis:

The men on board Hms Terror have every expectation of finding the Northwest Passage. When the expedition's leader, Sir John Franklin, meets a terrible death, Captain Francis Crozier takes command and leads his surviving crewmen on a last, desperate attempt to flee south across the ice.

But as another winter approaches, as scurvy and starvation grow more terrible, and as the Terror on the ice stalks them [Continued ...]...

There's a great-looking new anthology series coming to AMC from producer Ridley Scott called The Terror. We have the first trailer for you to watch today and it looks awesomely impressive. The teaser definitely got me excited to watch this thing! It looks like it's going to be a high-quality series that audiences will get sucked into.

Inspired by a true story, The Terror centers on the Royal Navy’s perilous voyage into unchartered territory as the crew attempts to discover the Northwest Passage. Faced with treacherous conditions, limited resources, dwindling hope and fear of the unknown, the crew is pushed to the brink of extinction. Frozen, isolated and stuck at the end of the earth, The Terror highlights all that can go wrong when a group of men, desperate to survive, struggle not only with the elements, but with each other.

Executive producers and co-showrunners David Kajganich and Soo Hugh...

AMC is teasing its upcoming suspense series “The Terror” from producer Ridley Scott. Related: ‘Outlander’ Writers And Star Sam Heughan Defend Cutting Moment From Highly Anticipated Episode Based on a true story, the new series is about a crew of Royal Navy men trapped in the dark, frozen landscape of the Northwest Passage. “The Terror” stars […]...

The Terror will strike the Royal Navy on Monday, March 26 at 9/8c, AMC has announced.

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From executive producers Ridley Scott, David Kajganich and Soo Hugh and inspired by a true story, the 10-episode thriller centers on the Royal Navy’s perilous, late-1840s voyage into uncharted territory as the crew attempts to discover the Northwest Passage. As the ship finds itself frozen, isolated and stuck at the end of the earth, The Terror highlights all that can go wrong when a group of men, desperate to survive, struggle not only with the elements,...

To celebrate the release of Notebook contributor Clare Nina Norelli's book for the 33 1/3 series, Soundtrack from Twin Peaks, the following is an excerpt from its introduction. A bass sounds a twangy, resonant low F accompanied by a barely there, quarter-note cymbal ostinato. An F(add2) chord follows on Rhodes, warm and inviting, like a secret confession. Straining for resolution, the chord descends to settle on a straight F chord, its downward trajectory forming the musical approximation of a lovelorn sigh. The pattern is repeated, but two steps lower, beginning on a D in the bass. Suddenly, a wash of synthesized strings and French horn pours over the mix accompanied by a cool wave of guitar tremolo, oscillating between B-flat(sus2) and B-flat major chords and then sliding up to C(sus2) and C major. The melody in the synth-strings and French horn swirls, as if caught in a whirlwind, and then begins to rise,...

Matthew McNulty is heading to AMC. Deadline reports the Musketeers star has joined the network's upcoming series The Terror.Based on the novel by Dan Simmons, the anthology drama "is set in 1847, when a Royal Naval expedition crew searching for the Northwest Passage is attacked by a mysterious predator that stalks the ships and their crew in a suspenseful and desperate game of survival."Read More…...

The Terror has some new company. Deadline reports Edward Ashely, Liam Garrigan, and Ronan Raftery have joined the upcoming AMC anthology series.Based on the 2007 novel by Dan Simmons, the drama "is set in 1847, when a Royal Navy expedition crew searching for the Northwest Passage is attacked by a mysterious predator that stalks the ships and their crews in a suspenseful and desperate game of survival."Read More…...

Jared Harris is returning to AMC. Deadline reports the Mad Men star and others have been cast in the network's new series The Terror.Based on the novel by Dan Simmons, the drama follows a Royal Navy expedition crew who are attacked by a mysterious predator while searching for the Northwest Passage in 1847. Scott Free, David Kajganich, and Soo Hugh are adapting the material for TV.Read More…...

Jared Harris, star of Mad Men and Netflix period drama The Crown, has climbed aboard AMC’s upcoming anthology series The Terror, one based on Dan Simmons’s best-selling novel of the same name.

Production on the network’s straight-to-series property is expected to get underway in Budapest come winter, when Ciaran Hinds, Utopia star Paul Ready and Adam Nagaitis will round out the preliminary cast.

Rooted in 1847, The Terror can be seen as an old-timey spin on your classic creature feature, thrusting a Royal Naval expedition crew into peril as they plot course for the Northwest Passage. On their journey, a mysterious predator slithers on board, stalking everyone on the ship and picking off crew members one by one. Imagine The Thing, only here we find our band of heroes isolated on the high seas as opposed to the bitter-cold plains of Antarctic.

Confronting that monster head on is Jared Harris,...

AMC is in the process of developing a really cool new series called The Terror, and they've just cast Mad Men's Jared Harris in the lead role.

The series will be an adaptation of a novel by Dan Simmons, the story of which is set in 1847. It follows the real life story of a Naval expedition searching for the Northwest Passage and in the process disappears. The series will take a fictional spin on the events that took place as the crews are attacked by a mysterious predator that stalks the ships.

Harris will play a character named Francis Crozier, "Captain of the Hms Terror and second in command of the expedition. He is a brilliant sailor and captain, but an Irishman who has reached his glass ceiling in the British Royal Navy and has become disillusioned with its pomp and politics."

Joel Stillerman, president of original programming and development for AMC and SundanceTV,...

Arrow is plotting a mother of a reunion for its 100th episode.

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The milestone hour will welcome back Susanna Thompson, who played Moira Queen in the first two seasons of the CW series, Entertainment Weekly reports.

It’s anyone’s guess how Moira will reappear — when last we saw her, she was being killed by Deathstroke — but given Arrow‘s affinity for flashbacks, it’s probably safe to assume we’ll be seeing a past version of Oliver and Thea’s mother. Or given that the episode...

Author Dan Simmons knows how to spark scares and intrigue with his writing. His 1991 novel Summer of Night is essential reading for those who love a good coming-of-age horror tale, and his historical fiction novel The Terror offers an eerie experience of its own. AMC will bring the latter to the screen with their upcoming anthology series, which has just cast Jared Harris in the lead role of Captain Francis Crozier:

Press Release: New York, NY, September 29, 2016 – AMC announced today that Jared Harris (Mad Men, The Crown) has been cast as the lead actor in the networks’ anthology drama series, The Terror, an adaption of the bestselling novel by Dan Simmons. David Kajganich (True Story, A Bigger Splash) and Soo Hugh (The Whispers, The Killing) are serving as executive producers, writers and co-showrunners with Scott Free, Emjag Productions and Entertainment 360 producing the series in association with AMC Studios. Production begins...

"Before man makes it to Mars, he must conquer the Arctic." IFC Films & Sundance Selects have debuted a trailer for a film called Passage to Mars, an experimental doc with narration by Zachary Quinto retelling some of the stories from the crew on Nasa's Arctic expedition. As a test to see if astronauts could survive on Mars, Nasa sent a team of six people on a 2,000-mile journey up into the Northwest Passage in the Arctic - this film recounts their voyage. "As an expedition that was supposed to take weeks stretches into a two-year odyssey, the crew must overcome seemingly insurmountable challenges and life-threatening conditions if they hope to realize their dreams of someday reaching the Red Planet." James Cameron even loved this film. Here's the official trailer for Jean-Christophe Jeauffre's The Passage to Mars, direct from YouTube: Passage to Mars is the incredible true story of...

AMC is moving forward with the development of a new anthology series called The Terror, and this sounds like it’s going to be an awesome show! The series is based on a novel written by Dan Simmons, and the script will be written by David Kajganich (True Story, A Bigger Splash).

According to Variety, the series is set in 1847, and it centers on a “Royal Naval expedition crew searching for the Northwest Passage.” In the process, they are attacked by “a mysterious predator that stalks the ships and their crew in a suspenseful and desperate game of survival.”

Ridley Scott and his Scott Free Productions are producing the series, which has received an order of 10 hourlong episodes from AMC. As of right now, they are looking at premiering The Terror in 2017, and they’ve hired Kajganich to be a co-showrunner on the series with Soo Hugh (The Killing). Joel Stillerman,...

You might say that naming a naval ship the ‘Hms Terror’ is, in some ways, a bad idea – particularly when that ship is to be sent off into the Arctic wilderness in search of the Northwest Passage. But, name it they did, and a century and a half later, this forms the basis of a novel of historical fiction, by Dan Simmons, named The Terror. It is this novel that is now being adapted into an anthology series for AMC, to be executive produced by Ridley Scott.

The Terror was published in 2007, and presents a fictionalised account of the quest of Sir John Franklin, as he led an expedition into the Arctic Circle – the personnel of which were aboard the Hms Erebus and the Hms Terror. Both ships were trapped in ice near King William Island for more than a year, and the harsh environment – coupled with increasing disease and...

Tia Mowry-Hardrict has booked her next TV gig, and let’s just say this one doesn’t belong on Nick at Nite.

The Instant Mom alumna has joined ABC’s Mistresses in a recurring role, our sister site Deadline reports.

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Mowry will appear on the summer sudser’s upcoming fourth season as Barbara Rutledge, a witty and important literary agent who signs Karen.

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* DirecTV announced Wednesday that Kingdom will return for Season 2B on Wednesday, June 1, at 9/8c on the Audience Network.

AMC is moving forward with a new anthology series based on Dan Simmons' best-selling 2007 novel "The Terror". Ridley Scott's Scott Free and the network have been developing the project for a few years, and now it's finally happening with ten hour-long episodes ordered for a 2017 premiere.

The book is an acclaimed fictional spin on the true story of Sir John Franklin's lost expedition in the late 1840's. Two ships, the Hms Erebus and Hms Terror, traverse well below freezing conditions in the Arctic in an attempt to forge the Northwest Passage. Both ships were lost.

The novel follows the fictional scenario in which Franklin and his crew are plagued by starvation, scurvy, mutiny and cannibalism. They are also stalked across the bleak Arctic landscape by a monster called a Tuunbaq which randomly picks off crewmen.

David Kajganich ("True Story") will write and also serve as co-showrunner with Soo Hugh...

From his Hyperion Cantos novels to his seminal Summer of Night and beyond, author Dan Simmons has provided readers with thought-provoking horror, science-fiction, and fantasy for decades. Now AMC is moving forward with a 10-episode anthology series adaptation of Simmons’ The Terror, which follows an arctic expedition crew stalked by something as mysterious as it is deadly.

Press Release: New York, NY, March 2, 2016 – AMC today announced that it has greenlit a new anthology drama series called “The Terror,” an adaption of the bestselling novel by Dan Simmons. Scott Free, Emjag Productions and Entertainment 360 are producing the series in association with AMC Studios.

Written by David Kajganich (“True Story,” “A Bigger Splash”), who will also serve as co-showrunner with Soo Hugh (“The Whispers,” “The Killing”), the series is set in 1847, when a Royal Naval expedition crew searching for the Northwest Passage is attacked by a mysterious predator that stalks the ships...

AMC has greenlighted the new 10-part anthology drama series “The Terror,” an adaptation of Dan Simmons’ best-selling novel. Scott Free, Emjag Productions and Entertainment 360 will produce the hour-long drama, in association with AMC Studios. “The Terror” plans to premiere in 2017. Written by David Kajganich, who will also serve as co-showrunner with Soo Hugh, the series is set in 1847, when a Royal Naval expedition crew searching for the Northwest Passage is attacked by a mysterious predator that stalks the ships and their crew in a suspenseful and desperate game of survival. Executive producers are Ridley Scott, David W. Zucker, Alexandra Milchan,...

AMC has greenlighted The Terror, an anthology drama series based on the 2007 bestselling novel by Dan Simmons. Scott Free, Alexandra Milchan’s Emjag Productions, Entertainment 360 and AMC Studios are producing the 10-episode straight-to-series drama for a 2017 premiere. Written by feature writer David Kajganich (True Story), the series is set in 1847, when a Royal Naval expedition crew searching for the Northwest Passage is attacked by a mysterious predator that stalks…...

AMC is reportedly opening a writers room for "Marvel," a new drama series from Scott Free Prods. which is an adaptation of George Pendle's novel "Strange Angel".

"Angel' was inspired by the story of Jet Propulsion Laboratory co-founder Jack Parsons - a science prodigy and a later discovered to be a devotee of black magic when he died at 37 in 1952.

The writers room aims to have three to five completed backup scripts, several further episode outlines and a completely mapped-out first season so as to hopefully obtain a straight-to-series order. AMC has taken that approach with three other projects - "The Son," "Goliath" and "Lodge 49" - with one, "The Son," being ordered to series.

David Heyman, Ridley Scott and David Zucker will executive produce "Marvel" which comes out of a deal between Scott Free and AMC originally made for the Dan Simmons book "The Terror" about the failed Franklin expedition to find the Northwest Passage.

The premiere post-tiff destination (September 20-25th) in the film community and a major leg up for narrative and non-fiction films in development, the Independent Filmmaker Project (Ifp) announced a whopping 140 projects selected for the Project Forum at the upcoming Ifp Independent Film Week. Made up of several sections (Rbc’s Emerging Storytellers program, No Borders International Co-Production Market and Spotlight on Documentaries), we find latest updates from the likes of docu-helmers Doug Block (112 Weddings) and Lana Wilson (After Tiller), and among the narrative items we find headliners in Andrew Haigh (coming off the well received 45 Years), Sophie Barthes (Cold Souls and Madame Bovary), Terence Nance (An Oversimplification of Her Beauty), Lawrence Michael Levine (Wild Canaries), Jorge Michel Grau (We Are What We Are), Eleanor Burke and Ron Eyal (Stranger Things) and new faces in Sundance’s large family in Charles Poekel (Christmas, Again) and Olivia Newman (First Match). Here...

"Glory, something some men chase and others find themselves stumbling upon, not expecting to find them. Either way it is a noble gesture that one finds bestowed upon them. My question is when does glory fade away and become a wrongful crusade, or an unjustified means by which consumes one completely?"Clint Eastwood’s American Sniper is a movie about men who salute the country that betrayed and mutilated them.Like in Manoel de Oliveria’s No, or the Vain Glory of Command, where men, their arms cut off, struggle to hold uphold the flag of their country. As Mr. Lewis says:“We live in a democracy, gentlemen! And in a democracy, it’s every mans right to be killed fighting for his country!” Some men can be changed. It is possible to find a new consciousness:“Those machine guns are in position. It would mean needless slaughter to oppose us now!

In the late ’80s, a troubled gay kid named Travis Blue stumbled upon a film production in his sleepy hometown of North Bend, Washington. Fascinated, Blue watched as they transformed a local restaurant into a place called the Double R Diner. The production was for a television series titled Northwest Passage, later renamed Twin Peaks. When it aired in 1990, David Lynch’s cult masterpiece became for Travis not simply an obsession, but a world he wanted to literally inhabit. Taking Laura Palmer as real life role model, Blue spent the next decade lost in various underworlds and struggling with his own […]...

In the late ’80s, a troubled gay kid named Travis Blue stumbled upon a film production in his sleepy hometown of North Bend, Washington. Fascinated, Blue watched as they transformed a local restaurant into a place called the Double R Diner. The production was for a television series titled Northwest Passage, later renamed Twin Peaks. When it aired in 1990, David Lynch’s cult masterpiece became for Travis not simply an obsession, but a world he wanted to literally inhabit. Taking Laura Palmer as real life role model, Blue spent the next decade lost in various underworlds and struggling with his own […]...

The producers of a documentary about a Twin Peaks mega-fan who spent his teen years in the town where the cult TV series was shot are seeking funds for their movie on Kickstarter. The proposed film, Northwest Passage: A Doc About Growing Up in Twin Peaks, will tell the story of Travis Blue, who survived bullying and bouts with hooking and doing drugs by relying on his Laura Palmer fandom. The producers aim to put out the film next year, the same year in which Twin Peaks will return...

Shot over the past four years, the upcoming documentary is currently crowd-funding on Kickstarter

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Long considered one of the greatest shows ever to grace television, David Lynch's Twin Peaks is often approached and understood in a sort of bubble, a vacuum. Which is appropriate, on a certain level, given that it was totally unlike anything that had ever come before and exists without obvious, conventional frames of reference but it overlooks the impact that the show had on the actual, flesh and blood people who found this dark, strange, wonderful world deeply personal. People such as Travis Blue, an outcast growing up in the actual town where Twin Peaks was shot. Northwest Passage is a unique, visually-stunning documentary from director Adam Baran (Jackpot), executive producers P. David Ebersole & Todd Hughes (Room 237, Hit So Hard) and executive producer...

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It looked like that show you liked was coming back into style. David Lynch looked downright prophetic when it was announced that Twin Peaks would finally be making a return to our screens in 2016, 25 years after the show was unceremoniously cancelled, ending on one of the biggest cliffhangers in television history – coupled with a promise from one of its characters, in one of many surreal scenes in the show, that she would see us again “in twenty five years”. Spooky, right?

Turns out that Laura Palmer was mistaken in that instance, though. Well, probably anyway. Both new fans (who’ve picked up the show thanks to Tumblr’s propensity for borrowed nineties nostalgia) and the original viewers were equally dismayed when, this week, it turned out that David Lynch had left the project, after Showtime apparently wouldn’t commit to a necessary budget for the eight episode miniseries they’d announced.

iZombie: “Pilot” works on developing the main character

Rob Thomas has been known to television fans for a number of shows over the years, from Veronica Mars toParty Down. His newest series, developed in conjunction with Diane Ruggiero-Wright, brings the iZombiecomics to the small screen in a show of the same name. The show is centred around a morgue assistant who is also a member of the undead, and whose diet of brains comes with the side effect of absorbing the individual’s memories… read the full article.

Broad City ends the season strong

This has been an extremely strong season of Broad City, and though this episode is a somewhat strange one to use as a finale, it ultimately feels like an inspired choice. We have no sense of closure with Ilana and Lincoln’s relationship, which was anticipated. No arc is particularly remarked upon or addressed. It...

Cooper, Miko, and Ophilia scramble to keep up with the veritable smorgasbord of character introductions in the feature length pilot to Twin Peaks. Entitled Northwest Passage, this first episode of Twin Peaks has the unenviable task of introducing the plot, the style, and the town, all at once. We all love on Special Agent Dale Cooper just as much as we hate on Mike Nelson and Broody McBroodersen. Um. James.

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Is Jj Abrams' Fringe on your must-watch list but you quite don't have time for all 100 episodes? Here's some guidance...

Is there a popular show you’d really like to watch but you just don’t have time to wade through years of it all at once? Do you just want to know why that one character keeps turning up on Tumblr? Do the fans all tell you ‘season one is a bit iffy but stick with it, it gets great!’, leaving you with absolutely zero desire ever to watch the boring/silly/just plain weird season one? Then our episode roadmap features are for you.

In these articles, we’ll outline routes through popular TV shows focusing on particular characters, story arcs or episode types. Are you really into the Klingon episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation? Do you want to get the overall gist of...

Twin Peaks, Season 1, Episode 8, “The Last Evening”

Written by Mark Frost

Directed by Mark Frost

Aired May 23, 1990 on ABC

“Oh, I’ve been going over this in my mind and… see if you can follow my thinking. We’re all born into life and we have a certain number of years to move and breathe and have our vein. That’s from a book on Oriental philosophy I read when I was in the joint. And maybe somebody, somewhere, knows how much time we have. I don’t, do you?” – Hank Jennings

It’s interesting to consider how Twin Peaks would have been received if it aired today. The viewing culture of the 2010s is one that’s been bred for the ad infinitum dissection of television shows: episodes are picked apart in real-time on Twitter, reviewers dig for greater analysis in the days between installments, and cliffhangers and twist...

Twin Peaks, Season 1, Episode 2, “Traces To Nowhere”

Written by Mark Frost and David Lynch

Directed by Duwayne Dunham

Aired April 12, 1990 on ABC

“Wait a minute, wait a minute. You know, this is—excuse me—a damn fine cup of coffee. I’ve had I can’t tell you how many cups of coffee in my life and this, this is one of the best.” – Dale Cooper

After the tour de force performance that was the pilot of Twin Peaks, the most important of the many questions raised was how on earth this would be able to sustain a weekly series. Its vision was so unique and its oddness so carefully calibrated that it was easy to understand why so many of the critics who first reviewed it and loved it gave it zero chance of mainstream success, even while you could also understand why ABC would take a chance on its vision.

From The Twilight Zone to Penny Dreadful, Doctor Who and more, Den Of Geek’s writers revisit the TV episodes that truly terrify them…

It’s Halloween! Icicles are glistening from window sills. Chestnuts are roasting on open fires. North Pole elves are… hang on, no. None of that nice, fluffy stuff is happening. At Halloween, demonic creatures hunt for flesh, monsters creep out of their graves, and TV does its level best to freak us all the hell out.

In the spirit of all that, we asked our writers to select and share the TV episodes, horror or otherwise, that have made them whimper with fear. Here they all are, 31 of them, because, well, at Halloween, we like things to add up to 31.

Note that this isn’t a Top 10, or a Best Of, nor is it listed in order of scariness. It’s a collection of the particular...

The Hype Cycle: Contenders Arrive in Theaters

Excuse the absence in this column for the last few weeks. I’ve been covering the Chicago International Film Festival, catching up with a few of the Foreign Language Oscar contenders while there. Now however, many of these movies are finally making their ways into theaters, providing an extra wrinkle into the race as both critics and fans weigh in on their quality… click here to read the full article.

31 Days of Horror: 200 Greatest Horror Films

The hardest part about choosing my favourite horror films of all time, is deciding what stays and what goes. I started with a list that featured over 200 titles, and I think it took more time to pick and choose between them, than to actually sit down and write each capsule review. In order to hold on to my sanity, I decided to not include short films, documentaries,...

Twin Peaks, Season 1, Episode 1, “Northwest Passage”

Written by Mark Frost and David Lynch

Directed by David Lynch

Aired April 8, 1990 on ABC

“Diane, 7:30 am, February 24th. Entering town of Twin Peaks. Five miles south of the Canadian border, twelve miles west of the state line. Never seen so many trees in my life. As W.C. Fields would say, I’d rather be here than Philadelphia. … Lunch was $6.31 at the Lamplighter Inn. That’s on Highway Two near Lewis Fork. That was a tuna fish sandwich on whole wheat, a slice of cherry pie and a cup of coffee. Damn good food. Diane, if you ever get up this way, that cherry pie is worth a stop.” – Dale Cooper

In the nearly 25 years since Twin Peaks debuted on ABC, the show has achieved an almost mythic status in the canon of television. Not only has it influenced a legion of other shows,...

A kid who's spent formative years in an obscure cult, rehab, juvenile detention, and, ultimately, prison, isn't likely to grow up to solo-navigate around the Americas in a leaky boat. But Matt Rutherford did, without stopping, and thanks to the documentary Red Dot on the Ocean, we're privy to his adventures. The difficulties of sailing the Northwest Passage in particular have been sailors' undoing since the days of the explorers. And while adventurers have done it in modern times, they've had bigger, nicer vessels than Rutherford's secondhand 27-foot fiberglass sloop, higher-class provisions than his cans of freeze-dried food, and companions to help with the work and the monotony. But, despite all that and Rutherford's appealing self-deprecating nuttiness, the s...

A new international trailer has been released for the Twin Peaks: The Entire Mystery ten-disc Blu-ray boxset.

As announced last month, the box set includes deleted and alternate scenes shot for 1992 prequel movie Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, in addition to "an epilogue providing a fascinating glimpse beyond the cliffhanger finale of the TV series".

Twin Peaks: Tube Talk Gold

"During the last days in the life of Laura Palmer many things happened, which have never been seen before," said show co-creator and Fire Walk With Me director David Lynch.

"They're here now alongside the new transfer of Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me and Twin Peaks, the television series."

Executive Vice President and General Manager of CBS Home Entertainment Ken Ross added: "We set the bar very high with our prior complete series Twin Peaks DVD Gold Box. The Entire Mystery Blu-ray had to be spectacular...