July 20, 2009 You can file this under "remakes," as "Twilight Zone" wasn't just a TV series, but also a less-than-satisfactory theatrical film from Steven Spielberg back in the '80s. It also wasn't technically horror. Rod Serling's "Night Gallery" veered much more into that territory.



However, any attempt at redoing Serling's work is worthy of our attention. Variety reports taht Rand Ravich, who wrote and directed "The Astronaut's Wife," is writing the script for this one, which has yet to have a director. The film is being produced by Leonardo DiCaprio's production company, so maybe Leo will play a role.

Although it sounds like an intriguing project, why not go ahead and do something original? Make a film inspired by the Twilight Zone, but call it something else?

The reason is pretty simple: branding. "The Twilight Zone" is a brand that everyone knows.

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