WE COULD HAVE HAD IT ALL: David Lynch Has Left Showtime’s Twin Peaks Revival

It (as in network stupidity preventing David Lynch from realizing his creative vision) is happening again: in an announcement on Facebook, the Twin Peaks creator revealed that he will no longer be working on Showtime’s revival of the show.

Dear Facebook Friends, David wanted me to pass along the following statement:

Showtime did not pull the plug on Twin Peaks.

After one year and four months of negotiations, I left because not enough money was offered to do the script the way I felt it needed to be done.

This weekend I started to call actors to let them know I would not be directing.

Twin Peaks may still be very much alive at Showtime.

I love the world of Twin Peaks and wish things could have worked out differently.

Lynch, who had hinted earlier this month that contract negotiations for the Showtime season weren’t going as expected,  also confirmed his departure on Twitter yesterday:

Dear Twitter Friends, Showtime did not pull the plug on Twin Peaks.

— David Lynch (@DAVID_LYNCH) April 5, 2015

After 1 year and 4 months of negotiations, I left because not enough money was offered to do the script the way I felt it needed to be done.

— David Lynch (@DAVID_LYNCH) April 5, 2015

This weekend I started to call actors to let them know I would not be directing. Twin Peaks may still be very much alive at Showtime.

— David Lynch (@DAVID_LYNCH) April 5, 2015

Allow me to express my disappointment, Showtime:

James: too stoic to be gif-able.

If this was any other reboot (cough cough, Full House) I’d take the creator’s departure as a sign that maybe the series should be allowed to die a dignified death, but considering Lynch and Mark Frost have in many ways been plotting this comeback for over a quarter century, I’d say this is the rare revival that’s earned. But not without Lynch. We all know what Twin Peaks is like without Lynch.

Here’s hoping that Lynch’s “departure” (likely to also mean the withdrawal of at least some original cast members) is really just the greatest negotiation tactic of all. Showtime: if you can’t afford him, Netflix probably can.

(via Polygon)

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