Jordan Peele Finds the Perfect ‘The Twilight Zone’ Narrator

Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions and Simon Kinberg’s Genre Films are producing a new version of the classic series, The Twilight Zone. Peele and Kinberg are executive producing, and today it was announced Peele will also host and narrate the reimagining of The Twilight Zone.

“Rod Serling was an uncompromising visionary who not only shed light on social issues of his time, but prophesied issues of ours,” stated Jordan Peele. “I’m honored to carry on his legacy to a new generation of audiences as the gatekeeper of The Twilight Zone.”

The new series is set up with CBS Television Studios and will air on CBS All Access in 2019. The original series is currently available to stream on CBS All Access.

Joining Peele and Kinberg as executive producers are Win Rosenfeld, Audrey Chon, Carol Serling, Rick Berg, and Greg Yaitanes. Filming is expected to begin later this fall.

“The original The Twilight Zone bridged science-fiction, horror and fantasy together to explore human nature and provide social commentary in a way that audiences had never seen before,” said Julie McNamara, Executive Vice President, Original Content, CBS All Access. “Under the auspices of Jordan Peele, Simon Kinberg and Marco Ramirez, and with the creative freedom that the CBS All Access platform affords, this is an incredible opportunity to bring today’s audiences a modern reimagining of this iconic series.”

“Too many times this year it’s felt we were living in a twilight zone, and I can’t think of a better moment to reintroduce it to modern audiences,” said Jordan Peele when the series was announced in December 2017.

The Twilight Zone

A Look Back at The Twilight Zone, Courtesy of CBS:

“The original The Twilight Zone took viewers to another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound, but of mind. It was a journey into a wondrous land of imagination for five years on CBS, from 1959-1964. The godfather of sci-fi series, the show explored humanity’s hopes, despairs, prides and prejudices in metaphoric ways conventional dramas could not.”