Chris Longo Mar 16, 2019
The playwright behind The Twilight Zone's stage adaptation whittled down the iconic series into eight carefully chosen stories.
The inescapable sights and sounds of The Twilight Zone are cherished and tightly protected intellectual property. Some 60 years after Rod Serling took us into the fifth dimension, CBS is rightfully selective about who is granted licence to a crown jewel of sci-fi and fantasy storytelling. We’ll soon find out if Jordan Peele is a worthy steward on the television side with his CBS All-Access reboot. When it came to securing the rights for a stage adaptation, it took producer Ron Fogelman nearly three years to convince CBS they had the right plan in place to do the source material justice.
Though a departure from the usual fare at London’s historic Almeida Theatre, the venue took a chance on The Twilight Zone, which opened in December 2017, and...
The playwright behind The Twilight Zone's stage adaptation whittled down the iconic series into eight carefully chosen stories.
The inescapable sights and sounds of The Twilight Zone are cherished and tightly protected intellectual property. Some 60 years after Rod Serling took us into the fifth dimension, CBS is rightfully selective about who is granted licence to a crown jewel of sci-fi and fantasy storytelling. We’ll soon find out if Jordan Peele is a worthy steward on the television side with his CBS All-Access reboot. When it came to securing the rights for a stage adaptation, it took producer Ron Fogelman nearly three years to convince CBS they had the right plan in place to do the source material justice.
Though a departure from the usual fare at London’s historic Almeida Theatre, the venue took a chance on The Twilight Zone, which opened in December 2017, and...
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