Showtime gave a much-needed update on the state of David Lynch and Mark Frost’s Twin Peaks revival, which will come... eventually. Network president David Nevins said that filming starts next month in Washington state.
The network tweeted out a picture of a damn fine cup of coffee with the statement, “Shooting starts in September. The donut truck is loaded in late August. A coffee cup will indeed come through a window.”
While speaking with reporters at the TV Critics Association Press Tour today, Nevins elaborated on the project a little more. Variety reports that he said it will likely include more than just nine episodes and it is “open-ended.” Essentially, Lynch and Frost have written one long script and they will get to cut it into as many episodes as they want.
“I know his shooting schedule. We will let him cut into however many episodes he feels works best,” Nevins said.
It’s still not clear when the show will eventually air, but it might not come until 2017. Last month, Frost also said that we might not see it until that year.
Showtime first hoped that Twin Peaks could be back for next year, but there was some questions about the budget and Lynch even left it completely. Lynch eventually came back, but that caused a delay in production.
Twin Peaks will again star Kyle MacLachlan as Agent Cooper. The original series ran from 1990-1991 and aired on ABC.