This, as you may recognize, is a list of nine facts about The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror. We’ve been celebrating milestone Disney anniversaries all year, but this anniversary is by far the most mysterious-and deserves a deeper look into the past of the beloved attraction. And now? Jmarks 25 years since we first made that thrilling drop on The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror™, and we’ve been hooked ever since. July 22, 1994: The date the Hollywood Tower Hotel reopened its doors for us at Disney Hollywood Studios-and reopened the mystery behind the hotel. The Twilight Zone premieres April 1 on CBS All Access with two episodes subsequent episodes will air weekly starting April 11.October 31, 1939: The date of the fateful night when five passengers from glamorous Hollywood took their one-way trip into the Twilight Zone. “We have a responsibility and opportunity.” “That’s something that we can do while delivering fun entertainment, we can smuggle in social messaging, whether it’s racism or police brutality or misogyny or any really social, political, moral issues of our time,” Kinberg said.
Kinberg made it clear that these messages were at the core of the reboot - as they often were in Serling’s original.
“Thematically, it worked for me, because I’m always looking at the woman in the mirror, I’m always considering what my part is in filling the blank, and on how we can be complicit in our own destruction, so it was a perfect match.” “It’s about a confrontation with the self,” she said. “At what cost do you actually lose your soul to gain the fame?”ĭeWanda Wise ( She’s Gotta Have It) plays an astronaut in an episode, and in addition to being a different kind of part for her, she told THR she had an immediate connection with the episode’s theme. “The reason why that one spoke to me is because I think we live in a culture now that is so obsessed with celebrity and fame at all costs,” he said. Kinberg told THR the episode that resonated with him the most is Kumail Nanjiani’s scathing celebrity satire “The Comedian”. Heather Anne Campbell and Christina Choe directing, they did such an astute job with bringing humor into the satire while still making you think, shining a light on the humor and horror in the way that The Twilight Zone does so well.” Rhea Seehorn ( Better Call Saul) said she got excited because “my episode was a satire dealing with toxic masculinity. Her role in The Twilight Zone holds a harrowingly relevant mirror up to a brutal reality of contemporary America, but for Lathan it was all about the positivity at its core: “I love my episode because it’s about a mother’s love for her son and how she’ll do anything to ensure the safety of his future,” she said. Sanaa Lathan ( The Affair) has a history of working in sci-fi and genre films, and she stands as one of the few black final girls in horror history with her performance in Alien vs. Several of the actors involved, however, did tell THR why they connected to the material. CBS All Access and the creative team have been pretty secretive about the narratives of the upcoming episodes.
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