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Jordan Peele to host new 'Twilight Zone'

By Karen Butler
Actor, comedian and filmmaker Jordan Peele is to host and narrate the new "Twilight Zone" on CBS All Access. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
1 of 3 | Actor, comedian and filmmaker Jordan Peele is to host and narrate the new "Twilight Zone" on CBS All Access. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo

Sept. 20 (UPI) -- Get Out filmmaker and Key & Peele comedian Jordan Peele is set to host and narrate a new version of The Twilight Zone.

The series is to start streaming on CBS All Access next year.

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Peele paid homage to Rod Serling, the original sci-fi anthology show's iconic guide.

"Rod Serling was an uncompromising visionary who not only shed light on social issues of his time, but prophesied issues of ours," Peele said in a statement Thursday. "I'm honored to carry on his legacy to a new generation of audiences as the gatekeeper of The Twilight Zone."

Every episode of the original series -- which aired 1959-64 -- is streaming on CBS All Access.

Peele confirmed in December that he had boarded the re-boot as an executive producer, but he did not say he would introduce each episode until now.

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