Leonardo DiCaprio To Bring “Twilight Zone” To The Big Screen
DiCaprio is working with Warner Bros. and his own production company Appian Way to bring to life one of his favorite shows - “The Twilight Zone”. They are looking to combine together several episodes from the show into one hit movie.
The studio and production company are quietly putting out word that they’re looking for pitches and script ideas based on the show for feature development. The companies don’t aim to make an episodic movie like the 1983 “Twilight Zone,” the only big-screen version of the series, but rather hope to build one continuing story line based on one or more episodes.
Warners owns rights to the Rod Serling-penned episodes, which account for the bulk of its 1959-64 run. The Serling shows include such famous episodes as “To Serve Man,” about giant aliens who land on Earth, and “Eye of the Beholder,” about an inverted society where the attractive are considered ugly. The original series contained about 155 episodes.