Naomi Watts to reunite with Mulholland Drive director David Lynch for Showtime's Twin Peaks reboot

By Cassie Carpenter For Dailymail.com

Published: 16:50 EST, 2 February 2016 | Updated: 08:37 EST, 3 February 2016

Naomi Watts was 32 when she got her big acting break as Betty/Diane Selwyn in David Lynch's 2001 flick Mulholland Drive.

And Deadline reported Tuesday that 47-year-old actress will reunite with the 70-year-old filmmaker for Showtime's continuation of Twin Peaks.

Another Twin Peaks newcomer, Tom Sizemore, confirmed he joined the cast after retweeting the article: 'First surprise for 2016!!!'

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It was supposed to be a TV series: Naomi Watts (L) was 32 when she got her big acting break as Betty/Diane Selwyn in David Lynch's 2001 flick Mulholland Drive

It was supposed to be a TV series: Naomi Watts (L) was 32 when she got her big acting break as Betty/Diane Selwyn in David Lynch's 2001 flick Mulholland Drive

Back together 15 years later! And Deadline reported Tuesday that 47-year-old actress will reunite with the 70-year-old filmmaker for Showtime's continuation of Twin Peaks

Back together 15 years later! And Deadline reported Tuesday that 47-year-old actress will reunite with the 70-year-old filmmaker for Showtime's continuation of Twin Peaks

Another Twin Peaks newcomer, Tom Sizemore, confirmed he joined the cast after retweeting the article: 'First surprise for 2016!!!'

Another Twin Peaks newcomer, Tom Sizemore, confirmed he joined the cast after retweeting the article: 'First surprise for 2016!!!'

Watts and Sizemore join a growing list of names - none of which have been officially confirmed aside from Kyle MacLachlan's Agent Cooper.

'I would not hold my breath for an announcement of all the

[reported] casting of Twin Peaks,' Showtime president David Nevins said at last month's TCA - according to EW.

Last month, TV Line revealed that Lynch muse Laura Dern - who starred in Inland Empire, Wild at Heart, and Blue Velvet - will play Cooper's mysterious secretary Diane.   

He's back! Watts and Sizemore join a growing list of names - none of which have been officially confirmed aside from Kyle MacLachlan's Agent Cooper (pictured in 2015 and 1991)
He's back! Watts and Sizemore join a growing list of names - none of which have been officially confirmed aside from Kyle MacLachlan's Agent Cooper (pictured in 2015 and 1991)

He's back! Watts and Sizemore join a growing list of names - none of which have been officially confirmed aside from Kyle MacLachlan's Agent Cooper (pictured in 2015 and 1991)

Showtime president David Nevins said at last month's TCA: 'I would not hold my breath for an announcement of all the [reported] casting of Twin Peaks' (pictured January 12)

Showtime president David Nevins said at last month's TCA: 'I would not hold my breath for an announcement of all the [reported] casting of Twin Peaks' (pictured January 12)

Longtime collaborators: Last month, TV Line revealed that Lynch muse Laura Dern - who starred in Inland Empire, Wild at Heart, and Blue Velvet - will play Cooper's mysterious secretary Diane (pictured in 2006)

Longtime collaborators: Last month, TV Line revealed that Lynch muse Laura Dern - who starred in Inland Empire, Wild at Heart, and Blue Velvet - will play Cooper's mysterious secretary Diane (pictured in 2006)

Shelly the Waitress! Amanda Seyfried (R) - rumoured to be playing Cooper's daughter - was curiously photographed with original castmember Mädchen Amick (M) last month

Shelly the Waitress! Amanda Seyfried (R) - rumoured to be playing Cooper's daughter - was curiously photographed with original castmember Mädchen Amick (M) last month

'It just touches something in the psyche': Twin Peakers Sheryl Lee, Sherilyn Fenn, Miguel Ferrer, and Michael Horse (pictured) are also said to have signed onto the highly-anticipated reboot

'It just touches something in the psyche': Twin Peakers Sheryl Lee, Sherilyn Fenn, Miguel Ferrer, and Michael Horse (pictured) are also said to have signed onto the highly-anticipated reboot

Amanda Seyfried - rumoured to be playing Cooper's daughter - was curiously photographed with original castmember Mädchen Amick last month.

Twin Peakers Sheryl Lee, Sherilyn Fenn, Miguel Ferrer, and Michael Horse are also said to have signed onto the highly-anticipated reboot.

Premiering early 2017, all nine episodes will be helmed by the four-time Oscar nominee and penned with co-creator Mark Frost. 

Nevins called early footage of the supernatural soap opera 'stupendous.' 

Reunited for more! Premiering early 2017, all nine episodes will be helmed by the four-time Oscar nominee and penned with co-creator Mark Frost (R)

Reunited for more! Premiering early 2017, all nine episodes will be helmed by the four-time Oscar nominee and penned with co-creator Mark Frost (R)

25 years later and the population is still 51,201? Nevins called early footage of the supernatural soap opera 'stupendous'

25 years later and the population is still 51,201? Nevins called early footage of the supernatural soap opera 'stupendous'

The exec said of the 25 minutes he saw: 'It was incredibly exciting. I don’t want to sit here and overhype it, but I was incredibly excited. You definitely felt like you were in the hands of a master'

The exec said of the 25 minutes he saw: 'It was incredibly exciting. I don’t want to sit here and overhype it, but I was incredibly excited. You definitely felt like you were in the hands of a master'

'It was incredibly exciting. I don’t want to sit here and overhype it, but I was incredibly excited. You definitely felt like you were in the hands of a master,' the exec said of the 25 minutes he saw.

-- SPOILER ALERTS AHEAD -- 

Back on October 24, a scowling MacLachlan was spotted looking very unlike his clean-cut FBI Agent character on location in California's Mojave Desert. 

In the second season finale, Cooper had remained imprisoned in the Black Lodge, while his doppelgänger - possessed by Killer Bob - escaped back into Twin Peaks.

Also on the Cali set was Jennifer Jason Leigh, who's up for an Oscar for her role in Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight.   

Possessed? Back on October 24, a scowling MacLachlan was spotted looking very unlike his clean-cut FBI Agent character on location in California's Mojave Desert

Possessed? Back on October 24, a scowling MacLachlan was spotted looking very unlike his clean-cut FBI Agent character on location in California's Mojave Desert

'How's Annie?' In the second season finale, Cooper had remained imprisoned in the Black Lodge, while his doppelgänger - possessed by Killer Bob - escaped back into Twin Peaks

'How's Annie?' In the second season finale, Cooper had remained imprisoned in the Black Lodge, while his doppelgänger - possessed by Killer Bob - escaped back into Twin Peaks

Confirmed! Also on the Cali set was Jennifer Jason Leigh, who's up for an Oscar for her role in Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight

Confirmed! Also on the Cali set was Jennifer Jason Leigh, who's up for an Oscar for her role in Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight

Is that Laura? And on October 9, the 56-year-old Golden Globe winner returned to Laura Palmer's spooky house in Everett, WA alongside a Caucasian woman with an auburn bob

Is that Laura? And on October 9, the 56-year-old Golden Globe winner returned to Laura Palmer's spooky house in Everett, WA alongside a Caucasian woman with an auburn bob

And on October 9, the 56-year-old Golden Globe winner returned to Laura Palmer's spooky house in Everett, WA alongside a Caucasian woman with an auburn bob. 

Two characters definitely not returning are the Log Lady and Pete Martell - played by Lynch's longtime collaborators Catherine Coulson (who died last month) and Jack Nance (who died in 1996).

And it will be interesting see how Lynch handles not having Frank Silva (Killer Bob), who died in 1995 at age 45.

Twin Peaks originally ran on ABC for two seasons until its cancellation in 1991 - but not before amassing three Golden Globes, two Emmy Awards, a Grammy, and cult status. 

Rest in peace: Two characters definitely not returning are the Log Lady and Pete Martell - played by Lynch's longtime collaborators Catherine Coulson (who died last month) and Jack Nance (who died in 1996)
Rest in peace: Two characters definitely not returning are the Log Lady and Pete Martell - played by Lynch's longtime collaborators Catherine Coulson (who died last month) and Jack Nance (who died in 1996)

Rest in peace: Two characters definitely not returning are the Log Lady and Pete Martell - played by Lynch's longtime collaborators Catherine Coulson (who died last month) and Jack Nance (who died in 1996)

Rest in peace: And it will be interesting see how Lynch handles not having Frank Silva (Killer Bob), who died in 1995 at age 45

Rest in peace: And it will be interesting see how Lynch handles not having Frank Silva (Killer Bob), who died in 1995 at age 45

Directing in the Black Lodge: Twin Peaks originally ran on ABC for two seasons until its cancellation in 1991 - but not before amassing three Golden Globes, two Emmy Awards, a Grammy, and cult status

Directing in the Black Lodge: Twin Peaks originally ran on ABC for two seasons until its cancellation in 1991 - but not before amassing three Golden Globes, two Emmy Awards, a Grammy, and cult status

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