Lynch Family Considers Publishing David Lynch’s Unrecorded Night Script
The family is exploring a book release of his final unproduced limited series to share his envisioned Los Angeles mystery story.
Overview
- David Lynch’s longtime producer, Sabrina Sutherland, called Unrecorded Night “probably the best thing he ever did,” and said writing continued until his death in January 2025.
- Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos revealed that Lynch pitched the limited series to the streamer in early 2020 and said Netflix had eagerly embraced the project.
- Production stalled first due to COVID-19 restrictions and later because of Lynch’s health struggles, preventing any episodes from being filmed.
- Set in Los Angeles with an Old Hollywood backdrop, the script was intended to star Kyle MacLachlan, Laura Dern and Naomi Watts.
- Jennifer Lynch says the family may publish the script so audiences can engage with her father’s ideas.