QWhat are the various incarnations of The Twilight Zone?
AAs the landmark series which it was, there have been several attempts to revive it in some way without its creator Rod Serling. The first was "Twilight Zone: The Movie", a theatrical anthology film released in 1983, with most of the stories being remakes of episodes of the original series. Two years later saw a new series for television which is known as "The New Twilight Zone", it lasted for three seasons. In 1994, a television movie was produced called "Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics" and it consisted of two previously unmade stories written by Serling. 2002 saw both a new, ultimately short-lived, revival series hosted by Forest Whitaker on UPN, and a radio drama series hosted by Stacy Keach. As of 2012, a new Twilight Zone film is apparently still in development, which will be produced by Leonardo DiCaprio.
QIs The Bewitchin' Pool the series finale?
ANo, contrary to popular belief, it is not. While "The Bewitchin' Pool" was the final episode of the series to be broadcast as a "new" Twilight Zone episode, it was in fact not the last episode produced. The last episode of the series to be filmed was actually "Come Wander With Me", which starred Gary Crosby and was directed by Richard Donner.
QIs the pilot episode, "Where is Everybody," part of season 1?
AIt was not originally, but has been ever since.While the book "The Twilight Zone Companion" by Zicree does not list it as a season 1 episode the author states it was aired on Oct 2, 1959 as the premier episode of season 1 . Further, the Definitive DVD collection lists it as Episode 1. Of course this applies to the episode as aired and as shown all these years since, edited from the pilot. The original version of the pilot, used to sell the series to sponsors, had a different opening & closing, a different narrator, and had slight differences in the first few minutes, which was not shown until on DVD.
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