Joseph Kosinksi in Talks to Direct The Twilight Zone Movie

Posted by on August 16th, 2013   Filed under: Remakes, Sci-fi, TV
Source: THR

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Back in 2010, director Joseph Kosinski made the jump from commercials to feature films with Tron: Legacy, an eye-popping 3D blockbuster that divided critics and moviegoers alike. He followed that up with Oblivion, another heavily stylized sci-fi movie that also resulted in mixed reviews. Both movies were moderate disappointments but showed that he had great potential as a filmmaker and a strong interest in science-fiction. Now this week we have learned that his next project is likely to be a big screen reboot of one of the most revered science-fiction properties of all time. Will the third time be the charm if Kosinski chooses to enter The Twilight Zone?

According to THR, Joseph Kosinski is in negotiations to direct The Twilight Zone movie for Warner Brothers. The project has been in development for at least five years now with Leonardo DiCaprio producing through his Appian Way banner. The latest draft of the script was penned by Anthony Peckham (Sherlock Holmes, Invictus) although it will likely be rewritten for Kosinski.

A couple of years back it looked like Matt Reeves (Cloverfield) was going to direct the film but he eventually dropped out to take on Dawn of the Planet of the Apes instead. There was already a previous Twilight Zone movie made back in 1983, but that was an anthology film with segments directed by Joe Dante, John Landis, George Miller and Steven Spielberg. This one is expected to be a “science fiction action movie with a single freestanding story.” Are you looking forward to a new Twilight Zone movie? Do you think Joseph Kosinski is the right man for the job?



  • T. Heilman

    Isn’t this just a case of a company sticking a trademarked, universally known title onto what is essentially an unrelated “sci-fi action” film? Twilight Zone was Rod Serling, Richard Matheson, Charles Beaumont and a few other key collaborators, All these gentlemen are deceased and the zeitgeist that it enjoyed is long gone. The attempts to resurrect the show were either interesting failures (the ’83 film) or were just plain awful (the subsequent Eighties t.v. reboot and the Forest Whittaker hosted series). And who is the audience for this? Are the moviegoing youth clamoring for it? Just call it something else dammit. If it can’t stand on the basis of its own premise then forget it. This fine show has suffered enough indignities.

  • Mrespony

    I agree with the previous commenter, this is another way for Hollywood to play it safe, using what they think is a marketable brand to move product. Kosinski’s Oblivion was really pretty good, I’ll be interested in whatever he works on next.