Vince Gilligan's Upcoming Series Aims To Be A Cross Between "THE X-FILES" and "THE TWILIGHT ZONE"
The news of a new series by Vince Gilligan (“The X-Files,” “Breaking Bad,” “Better Call Saul”) came earlier this week from our friends at Deadline and the word is that the new series is in collaboration with Sony Pictures TV. The show is beginning to be shopped around to different studios as we type this as well. What really grabbed our attention about this news is that the site’s report compares the series to both “The X-Files” – which Gilligan wrote/produced on – and “The Twilight Zone.”
Deadline reports, “Word is that the new show harkens back to Gilligan’s tenure on The X-Files. But don’t expect a sci-fi drama — when he was a writer-producer on The X-Files, Gilligan was known for focusing more on the human condition in his episodes, which is something he is said to also be doing in his new series, exploring similar themes of bending reality while holding a mirror to humanity.”
“Described as a blended, grounded genre drama, the new series also is being compared to The Twilight Zone,” the report continues. “It is said to be set in our world while putting a tweak on it, focusing on people and exploring the human condition in an unexpected, surprising way.”
Deadline also notes that Gilligan has a multi-series arc in mind with an “overarching story,” but at this time the mysterious project is mostly cloaked under a veil of secrecy.
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