‘Twin Peaks’ to Return in 2016 with Nine Episodes

"Twin Peaks," the popular 1990s thriller series is all set to make a comeback to the small screen as a nine-episode limited duration serial much to the delight of fans worldwide, Showtime announced Monday.

The series has been announced in honor of the series' twenty fifth anniversary. Mark Frost will be writing the series while David Lynch will be directing it. The creators have released a small teaser too. Check it out below:

"The mysterious and special world of 'Twin Peaks' is pulling us back. We're very excited. May the forest be with you," Lynch and Frost said in a joint statement.

Frost told TVLine that the nine episodes would not be a remake adding that "The story continues. The seeds of where we go were planted where we've been." Before the new episodes air, Showtime will play the first two seasons of "Twin Peaks," Huffington Post reports.

In the pilot episode, Laura Palmer - the homecoming queen of the county - is murdered and her death sets the storyline for the series. The show garnered great fame both nationally and internationally and its pilot went on to rank in the top 25 of TV Guide's "100 Greatest Episode of All Time."

 "In some ways, Twin Peaks was the precursor to all of the high-quality, provocative serialized drama that we all do now," Gary Levine, Showtime's executive vice president of original programming, told Quartz.

"So to go back to the OG of provocative, serialized drama seemed like a no-brainer. Twin Peaks always did and always will define cool, and that was just too tempting to turn away from," Levine added.

For now, there isn't much information about the series but news of "Twin Peaks" comeback has created quite the ruffle with some saying the return is a bad idea. Some Twitter reactions below:

Twin Peaks thoughts: a) not sure revisiting such a cult classic is a good idea and b) can I have a part?

— Stephen Mangan (@StephenMangan) October 6, 2014

Twin Peaks? what is this a Dolly Parton show? come on. — timheidecker (@timheidecker) October 6, 2014

#twinpeaks is HAPPENING, people! And so begins my twitter plea with @DAVID_LYNCH and @mfrost11 for a part! Hell, I'll get your coffee! — Jordan Gavaris (@JordanGavaris) October 6, 2014