Kumail Nanjiani Joins 'The Twilight Zone' on CBS All Access | THR News - video Dailymotion

Kumail Nanjiani is crossing over into 'The Twilight Zone.' The actor is set to star in an episode of the Jordan Peele-led reboot on CBS All Access.

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00:00Humail Nanjiani is crossing over into the Twilight Zone.

00:05The actor is set to star in an episode of the Jordan Peele-led reboot on CBS All Access.

00:11The Silicon Valley star and Oscar-nominated co-writer of The Big Sick is the third actor

00:15to join the series, following Sanaa Lathan and Adam Scott.

00:19Executive producer Peele will introduce and narrate each episode, just like series creator Rod Serling.

00:30Details about Nanjiani's role are being kept under wraps.

00:36The episode is being written by Alex Rubens, who worked with Peele on Kian Peele and The Last O.G.

00:42Now, the original Twilight Zone ran from 1959 to 1964 on CBS.

00:55The show has been redone twice before on CBS and in syndication from 1985 to

00:591989 and on UPN in 2002 to 2003.

01:03Four classic segments from the original were also remade as a 1983 feature film.

01:08All episodes of the original series stream on CBS All Access.

01:12The new version is set for a 2019 premiere.

01:14For more on this story, head to THR.com.

01:17Until next time, for The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.

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