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Four New Actors Join Cast of The Twilight Zone Reboot

January 29, 2019 | Posted by Jeffrey Harris
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Deadline.com reports that several new actors have been cast for the upcoming planned television reboot for classic sci-fi anthology series, The Twilight Zone. Taissa Farmina (The Mule), Rhea Seehorn (Better Call Saul), Luke Kirby (The Deuce), and Ike Barinholtz (The Oath) are all set to star in an upcoming episode for the CBS All Access reboot.

The cast for the upcoming new anthology series will also feature John Cho, Sanaa Lathan, Kumail Nanjiani, Adam Scott, Allison Tolman, Greg Kinnear, DeWanda Wise, Jessica Williams, Steven Yeun, and Jacob Tremblay. Jordan Peele is attached as the show’s new host. Rod Serling hosted the original version from 1959 to 1964. Forest Whitaker was the host for the 2002 version.

The Twilight Zone is being produced by CBS Television Studios in association with Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions and Simon Kinberg’s Genre Films. Jordan Peele, Simon Kinberg, and Marco Ramirez are executive producing the series and and will collaborate for the show’s premiere episode. Win Rosenfeld and Audrey Chon are also attached as executive producers.