Television

You'll Be Able To Watch 'The Twilight Zone' Reboot In Black And White Soon

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By Chris Evangelista

If you're of the opinion that The Twilight Zone doesn't really feel like The Twilight Zone unless it's in black and white, Jordan Peele has good news for you. You'll soon be able to watch Peele's Twilight Zone reboot in black and white on CBS All Access. Very soon, in fact – we're talking the end of the month here. Praise be to Saint Rod Serling.

The new Twilight Zone looks good in color, but there's something about the series that cries out for the black and white days of the original. The Twilight Zone debuted in 1959, and the first color TV show didn't arrive until 1966 – which meant the original Zone had no choice but to be black and white. But the shadowy cinematography became synonymous with the overall feeling of the show.

Now, Jordan Peele and CBS All Access are going to attempt to recapture some of that monochrome magic by releasing the new Twilight Zone reboot in black and white. The teaser above offers a look at how this will look, and the results are promising – at least in the clips provided. It's worth noting that the show wasn't shot to be in black and white, which might make certain scenes and episodes look a little off. Cinematographers obey a different set of rules when shooting in b&w, and while you can always strip the color out of something, the results can vary.

If you'd rather stick with the color versions, those will be available too. So everyone wins. Unless you're not a fan of the show, in which case...uh...I guess you can watch something else.

Viewers enter another dimension with Jordan Peele and Simon Kinberg's modern re-imagining of the classic. CBS All Access' The Twilight Zone anthology series will bring the original show's legacy of socially conscious storytelling to modern-day audiences, exploring the human condition and holding a lens up to the culture of our times.

The Twilight Zone will debut with two episodes on Monday, April 1. Following the series premiere, new episodes of the anthology series will be available on demand weekly on Thursdays beginning April 11, exclusively for CBS All Access subscribers.The Twilight Zone is produced by CBS Television Studios in association with Jordan Peele's Monkeypaw Productions and Simon Kinberg's Genre Films. Jordan Peele and Simon Kinberg serve as executive producers along with Win Rosenfeld, Audrey Chon, Glen Morgan, Carol Serling, Rick Berg and Greg Yaitanes. The series is distributed internationally by CBS Studios International.

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