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HOLLYWOOD, May 15 (UPI) -- Director David Lynch has changed his mind about helming a reboot of what might be his most famous production. The filmmaker announced Friday that he has returned to the Twin Peaks relaunch, which is being produced by cable movie channel Showtime. The news came about a month after he departed the project.
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"Dear Twitter Friends, the rumors are not what they seem ..... It is happening again. #TwinPeaks returns," he wrote on Twitter.
Lynch, who is one of Hollywood's better-known surrealist filmmakers, said last month that he left the series because he felt the reboot wasn't being given enough money.
"After 1 year and 4 months of negotiations, I left because not enough money was offered to do the script the way I felt it needed to be done," he said at the time.
Lynch didn't specify what prompted him to return, but Showtime confirmed his involvement Friday afternoon and said production would begin immediately following the one-month impasse.
"David will direct the whole thing, which will total more than the originally announced nine hours," Showtime President David Nevins said.
Insiders said the cable network has been negotiating with Lynch and co-creator Mark Frost in recent weeks to get the series back on track. Showtime originally ordered nine episodes, but Nevins said Friday there will be more.
In October, Showtime began planning for the revived series, again starring actor Kyle Maclachlan, and Lynch and Frost turned in scripts for nine episodes, which Showtime executives said substantially increased the budget. Lynch departed after the network reportedly asked him to trim the financial costs.
The original Twin Peaks ran between 1990 and 1991 on ABC. It tells the story of an FBI agent investigating the murder of a teenager in a small town. The series was followed by a feature film in 1992, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me.
The new series is reportedly set to air in 2016.
"I love the world of Twin Peaks, and I love those characters. I think it will be very special to go back into that world," Lynch said in March.
