Deadline is reporting that Showtime and mastermind David Lynch have added Naomi Watts (Birdman, While We’re Young) and Tom Sizemore (Saving Private Ryan, “Hawaii Five-0”) to the cast of Twin Peaks, which returns as a limited series to Showtime in 2017. Watts previously starred in Lynch’s 2001 hit Mulholland Drive, which first put her on the map as a movie star. They join other not-yet-officially-announced cast members, including Laura Dern, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Amanda Seyfried, as well as Lynch himself, who will reportedly be reprising his role from the original series, FBI Regional Bureau Chief Gordon Cole.
Currently in production, Twin Peaks is written and produced by series creators and executive producers David Lynch and Mark Frost and is directed entirely by David Lynch. While the full mystery awaits, fans can expect many familiar faces, including Golden Globe winner and Emmy Award nominee Kyle MacLachlan, who reprises his role as FBI Agent Dale Cooper.
Widely considered one of the most groundbreaking and influential broadcast series of all time, Twin Peaks followed the inhabitants of a quaint northwestern town who were stunned after their homecoming queen Laura Palmer was shockingly murdered. The town’s sheriff welcomed the help of FBI agent Dale Cooper, who came to town to investigate the case. As Cooper conducted his search for Laura’s killer, the town’s secrets were gradually exposed. The mystery that ensued set off an eerie chain of events that plunged the inhabitants of Twin Peaks into a darker examination of their very existence. Twenty-five years later, the story continues…
Naomi Watts will next reprise her role as Evelyn in The Divergent Series: Allegiant and has just completed a headlining role in The Book of Henry for Jurassic World director Colin Trevorrow. Tom Sizemore, who was in-demand for major studio assignments throughout the ’90s and early 2000s, has spent the last decade in mostly direct-to-video B-movies and television work, and will next be seen opposite Nicolas Cage and Thomas Jane in USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage.
