10 Things You Need To Know About Twin Peaks: The Return
8. ...But We Might Not Be Staying There For Long
In a recent, expansive Variety feature with telling quotes from production figureheads, Showtime President David Nevins confirmed that "There are different threads in different parts of the U.S," that eventually converge. It does not go outside the U.S., but it is in multiple locations in the U.S."
This might cause consternation among fans; after all, the one occasion on which a Twin Peaks resident rode out of town (and not to Canada) during the original series coincided with the unanimously agreed-upon worst subplot ever - that being James Hurley's romancing of femme fatale Evelyn Marsh and the subsequent web of wooden noir cliche.
That said, Lynch was removed from this process, as he was much of the depressing nadir that was Twin Peaks, post-Laura Palmer whodunnit. James' excursion out of the woods belonged to a different, abysmal series. Lynch could set scenes in a Florida theme park and tie them in thematically, so there isn't much at all to worry about.
Where exactly those multiple locations are might be not known, but there are a few hints mapped within the promotional material and the social media activity of those on the inside. The latest teaser sees Albert Rosenfield and Gordon Cole in a panicked state; in the background, a map of Texas.
Director of Photography Peter Deming marked the end of filming with an Instagram post of his clapperboard illuminated by slot machines - does this suggest a return to the Great White North, or a dustier city on the United States mainland?