Written by Lynch about a year before the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, the series even pre-production after being acquired by Netflix
Sabrina Sutherlandlongtime producer of the director David Lynchkilled at 78 in January 2025, revealed new details about Unrecorded Nightthe mysterious series that the filmmaker developed before he died and was canceled during the pandemic. According to her, the project would be “The best thing he has ever done”.
Written by Lynch About a year before the COVID-19 pandemic began, the series would take place in Los Angeles and even pre-produced after being acquired by Netflix. However, with the global stoppage of productions, the project was being postponed until it was officially canceled.
Little is known about the content of the series, but Sutherlandin an interview with the magazine A rabbit’s foot (via NME), highlighted the potential of the work: “I can say that it was probably the best thing he has ever done. It was a culmination of many things. We worked for it for more than two years in the script and continued writing until the moment he passed away.”
Even with cancellation on Netflix, Lynch I had not given up the project. “We were preparing to return to Netflix because he had reformulated some things, and the project became even better than it was. I hope that one day people can try it in some way”, He added Sutherland.
The director’s daughter, Jennifer Lynchalso recently revealed that the family considers to publish the script of Unrecorded Night as a literary work. “None of us tried to take the series forward in their place. We are thinking of offering it as a published piece so that people can contact their ideas. It would be very sad if the audience could not know her”He said.
Another close collaborator, the director of photography Peter Deminggave more details about the shelved project. According to him, Unrecorded Night would not have connected with Twin Peaksanother iconic work of Lynch. “It was definitely something original. I don’t know exactly what the format would look like, but it would be a lot of episodes, because David loved what he called ‘continuous history’. He told me, ‘I won’t make movies anymore. I want to tell long stories, because I love long stories’. ” Deming also described the script as “very dense”And“A really interesting mystery. It is a shame. It would have been very good.”
Source:NME
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