Director Jonathan Frakes on the set of CLOCKSTOPPERS
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Frakes talks about new TWILIGHT ZONE show
By: Christopher Allan SmithDate: Wednesday, May 22, 2002
Source: SciFi Wire
Jonathan Frakes is talking about his latest venture into the world of high profile genre television. With ROSWELL now off the air, Frakes' eye is now on the new UPN entry, a remade TWILIGHT ZONE.
Frakes, who has shifted heavily into directing later in his career, did work both on ROSWELL (which he helped to produce) and directed the pilot of ZONE, staring Jeremy Piven.
"It starts off with a one-hour pilot that I directed," Frakes told SCIFI WIRE. "I'm so proud of it. It's an adult television show. It has that great TWILIGHT ZONE cautionary-tale tone. [His character] is hit by lightning and he dies twice, essentially. Piven really went for it. He's never had a part like this. Then we've got Forest Whitaker as the host. The objective there was to get someone who does not remind you at all of Rod Serling and yet brings what Forest does, which is this promise of mystery and intelligence. So I have really high hopes for the show."
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