I'm absolutely ecstatic for this. The prospects of Lynch (arguably my favourite filmmaker) directing again looked slim only this time yesterday. Asserting that he is through with 35mm was a blow after the release of the highly hypnotic Inland Empire, but this is truly fantastic news. The fact he'll be directing all nine episodes is marvellous, too, since he only directed around 7 or 8 episodes during the first two seasons (and those that he did direct were simply stunning). Surrealism and eccentricity tie in seamlessly with Twin Peaks, so I'm hoping Showtime won't try and coerce Lynch to make this a bit more accessible for the everyday folk. HBO are generally excellent when it comes to maximising artistic creativity for their respective screenwriters and directors, so I am hoping it is the same here. I'm sure it will be, though, since Lynch really cares for the work and probably wouldn't have agreed to it otherwise. He's been down that road with the disastrous Dune.
I'm just happy that Lynch is back directing, to be honest. I liked the ambiguous conclusions of both the series and the film (the latter being an absolute masterwork, by the way), but any opportunity to dive back into the wonderful, odd, offbeat, dark, sinister, cherry pie, black coffee, donut-eating universe of Twin Peaks is a treat. Hopefully the return of the series will be a commercial and critical success that could give Lynch some new potential avenues for funding any future projects he may have in mind.