UPDATES: Everything We Know About David Lynch's 'Unrecorded Night'

UPDATES: Everything We Know About David Lynch's Unrecorded Night

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By Kelsey Christine McConnell | Updated Dec 17, 2020 | Published Dec 9, 2020

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There are rumors abound about David Lynch's latest project, but as the creative is notoriously secretive about works in the pipeline, details have been hard to nail down. The project—working title Wisteria—is reportedly a series. This is big news considering the last time Lynch worked on an original series was with the cult hit Twin Peaks, which debuted in 1990. And while there are whispers of this new series premiering on Netflix, the studio has declined to comment on the validity.

While nothing can be certain during a project's development, we've managed to scrape together as much information as we can on what's ahead. Here's everything there is to know so far about Wisteria (AKA, Unrecorded Night).

The trusted David Lynch/Twin Peaks fan site Welcome to Twin Peaks did some investigating after it was revealed that Wisteria is just a working title for this project, which seems to actually be called Unrecorded Night, and they dug up some interesting theories about the two Doppelgänger titles.

"Besides just being a cool Lynchian title, “Unrecorded Night” is also the translation for the Old English word “nihtscada” or nightshade," Welcome to Twin Peaks reports. "The nightshade family includes many poisonous and psychoactive plants, like Mandrake, Belladone, and Henbane. That circles us back to Wisteria, which contains a toxic called wisterin that may cause confusion, dizziness, speech problems, and collapse. And there we have all the proper elements for the plot of a new David Lynch project."

According to the industry trade publication Production Weekly, this project is set to begin filming at Calvert Studios in LA in May of next year. Sabrina S. Sutherland—a longtime collaborator of Lynch—is currently credited as the producer. A glance through the sparse IMDB page for the project indicates that 13 episodes are slated for the first season. But what is the series about?

While it may be impossible to confirm for months to come, there's plenty of speculation that Wisteria isn't actually an original series at all, but rather a spin-off of Twin Peaks. It's believed the project's story could center around a character introduced in the show's finale—Carrie Paige, an alternate reality version of Laura Palmer. Carrie Paige was found by Special Agent Dale Cooper living in Odessa, Texas, which just so happens to be home to a street called Wisteria. Additionally, back in 2018, Lynch himself admitted he was interested in pushing forward with the untold story of Carrie Paige.

The above could all be coincidence, but some suspect behavior from notable Twin Peaks actors have lended some credibility to the idea. In September of last year, Michael Horse, who portrayed Deputy Hawk on the series, posted an old picture of his character being silenced on Instagram. The day after, series lead MacLachlan posted a tweet that could easily be construed as a sly hint.

These little teases of something more for Twin Peaks came hot off the heels of a tweet from Twitter account "Hollywood Horror Museum," which claimed a reliable source let it slip that the legacy of Twin Peaks might not be over. Several other sources fell in line, spreading more gossip about an alleged continuation, while other cast members of the series posted cryptic photos, which may or may not have been related.

With a reported $85 million budget, is Netflix equipped to house the eerie follow up to Twin Peaks? There's no telling, but with David Lynch's innovative and creative storytelling, the roughly 25 hours of promised content is sure to dazzle. And even if our hopes are dashed and Wisteria/Unrecorded Night has no connection whatsoever to the world of Twin Peaks, how could we complain? David Lynch delivers incredible stories with every piece of work.