The mind behind the weird cult movie Donnie Darko is now cooking us some new eerie stories. According to reports on ComicBook, Richard Kelly is now set to be writing and directing a biopic based on the life of Rod Sterling, the creator of The Twilight Zone. The movie is being made by Mandalay Pictures with Jason Michael Berman and Kevin Turen producing.
Details about the biopic are still not clear, but it seems Sterling’s life and work are a fitting subject matter for Kelly who specializes in the areas between horror and Science Fiction. Sterling was known as the “angry young man of Hollywood” due to heated argument and clashes with television executives and corporate sponsors over a myriad of social issues such as racial equality or censorship.
Donnie Darko showed young Jake Gyllenhaal trying to deal with his personal life and his increasing feelings of doom manifested in a giant bunny. It struggled in the box office initially but since then has gathered a cult following.
The Twilight Zone, Sterling’s most famous creation’s original run was between 1959 and 1964. It is considered a classic in the science fiction genre. The show even got a reboot on CBS by filmmaker Jordan Peele. The reboot is now renewed for season 2.
