David Lynch took to social media to tease one thing for June 5.
In a cryptic submit shared on X, the micro-blogging platform previously often called Twitter, the filmmaker stunned his followers with a video announcement.
“Women and gents, one thing is coming alongside…. so that you can see and listen to,” Lynch mentioned within the video posted on Memorial Day, Could 25. “And will probably be coming alongside on June 5.”
The director’s final tv collection, Twin Peaks: The Return, wrapped in 2017 on Showtime.
Lynch didn’t point out what he was speaking about, however earlier this yr, he informed Deadline that he hoped to seek out backers for an animated undertaking.
Lynch started engaged on the script for Snootworld 20 years in the past with former Tim Burton collaborator Caroline Thompson, who wrote initiatives together with The Nightmare Earlier than Christmas, Edward Scissorhands, and the 1991 movie The Addams Household.
“Only recently, I believed somebody is perhaps all in favour of getting behind this, so I offered it to Netflix in the previous couple of months, however they rejected it,” he informed us.
Lynch mentioned Snootworld is “form of an old style story, and animation at the moment is extra about floor jokes. Old school fairytales are thought of groaners: apparently, folks don’t need to see them. It’s a distinct world now, and it’s simpler to say no than to say sure.”
The Mulholland Drive director described “The Snoots” as “tiny creatures who’ve a ritual transition at age eight, at which period they get tinier, and so they’re despatched away for a yr so they’re protected.”
On the time, Lynch mentioned he hadn’t determined whether or not to direct the animated undertaking however remained open to the chance.