David Lynch drops out of Twin Peaks revival

The cult crime drama's co-creator says he wasn't offered enough money by US network Showtime

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David Lynch has announced he will no longer be directing the revival of the classic television show Twin Peaks, after the year-long negotiations failed.

The director and co-creator of the series said he had not been offered enough money by US television network Showtime "to do the script in the way I felt it needed to be done".

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