<P> Actor Leonardo DiCaprio is planning to make a new movie with Warner Bros. , citing The Twilight Zone as his favorite TV series . Unlike the first film , which was an anthology feature , it will be a big - budget , SFX - laden continuous story possibly based on classic episodes of the series such as `` The Eye of the Beholder '' , `` To Serve Man '' , or any of the 92 scripts written by Rod Serling , to which Warner Bros. owns the rights . One plot leaked from the script tells about a pilot who time - travels 96 years into the future . Cloverfield director Matt Reeves was signed in 2011 to direct the movie , but left in 2012 to direct Dawn of the Planet of the Apes . On August 16 , 2013 , Joseph Kosinski was announced to direct . The studio hired Aron Eli Coleite to pen the screenplay for the film and will not be an anthology but use various elements from the Twilight Zone universe . In June 2017 , Christine Lavaf was hired to pen the script . </P>
<P> Actor Leonardo DiCaprio is planning to make a new movie with Warner Bros. , citing The Twilight Zone as his favorite TV series . Unlike the first film , which was an anthology feature , it will be a big - budget , SFX - laden continuous story possibly based on classic episodes of the series such as `` The Eye of the Beholder '' , `` To Serve Man '' , or any of the 92 scripts written by Rod Serling , to which Warner Bros. owns the rights . One plot leaked from the script tells about a pilot who time - travels 96 years into the future . Cloverfield director Matt Reeves was signed in 2011 to direct the movie , but left in 2012 to direct Dawn of the Planet of the Apes . On August 16 , 2013 , Joseph Kosinski was announced to direct . The studio hired Aron Eli Coleite to pen the screenplay for the film and will not be an anthology but use various elements from the Twilight Zone universe . In June 2017 , Christine Lavaf was hired to pen the script . </P>
who owns the rights to the twilight zone
who owns the rights to the twilight zone
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros.