Getting their money's worth! David Lynch will now direct TWICE as many episodes for Twin Peaks reboot... after walking away in pay row
He had complained he wasn't getting paid enough.
Now David Lynch has his work cut out for him with TWICE as many episodes of Twin Peaks to direct.
The 69-year-old had walked away from the highly anticipated reboot of the classic crime drama after a funding row with Network Showtime.
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Double trouble: After returning to the project following a funding row, David Lynch (pictured in 2013) will now direct 18 episodes of the new Twin Peaks reboot rather than the nine originally planned
Fans of the show were gutted when it appeared the planned nine episode new season was not going to materialise.
But after the legendary director jumped back on board two weeks ago, it has emerged the sequel will now consist of 18 episodes, with Lynch directing the lot.
The revelation was made by cast members Sherilyn Fenn and Sheryl Lee during a Twin Peaks panel at Crypticon in Seattle on Saturday.
Insiders: The new details were made by cast members Sherilyn Fenn and Sheryl Lee during a Twin Peaks panel at Crypticon in Seattle on Saturday.
They also confirmed that Twede’s Cafe in North Bend, Washington - one of the main settings of the original - will be restored as the original Double R Diner set.
The cafe, which featured in the first two seasons as well as the spin off movie Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, was badly damaged by fire in 2000.
Lynch, who co-created the original, had tweeted in early April that he was leaving the Twin Peaks reboot because Showtime was not providing enough money.
Cult classic: The sequel is expected to debut in 2016, 25 years after season two of Twin Peaks wrapped
At the time, Lynch wrote on Twitter that he had not been given enough money 'to do the script in the way I felt it needed to be done.'
But earlier this month, in a plot twist worth of the show itself, he took to Twitter once again to announce the deal was back on.
'Dear Twitter Friends, the rumours are not what they seem ..... It is!!! Happening again. #TwinPeaks returns on @SHO-Network.'
Fire walk with me: Twede’s Cafe in North Bend, Washington, which was damaged by fire in 2000, is being restored so it can once again serve as the Double R Diner
Showtime president David Nevins added: 'Totally worth the extra brewing time and the cup is even bigger than we expected.
'David will direct the whole thing which will total more than the originally announced nine hours,' he added. 'Preproduction starts now!!'
The show originally aired on ABC in the early 1990s, and followed FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper played by Kyle MacLachlan, as he investigated the murder of homecoming queen Laura Palmer, played by Lee.
The third season is expected to air next year, 25 years after it last wrapped, and is understood to be a proper sequel rather than a remake, taking up the story years on from where it last left off.
Getting a piece of the cherry pie: Kyle MacLachlan is set to reprise his role as FBI agent Dale Cooper in the reboot
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