David Lynch teases mysterious ‘announcement’, prompting Twin Peaks season four speculation from fans

Enigmatic filmmaker sent fans into a frenzy with the vague promise of news

Fans of the arthouse film director David Lynch reacted with excitement after the filmmaker revealed he would make an “announcement” today (1 February).

Though Lynch did not provide any hints as to the nature of the announcement, fans speculated that it could be confirmation of a new project.

Last year, Lynch released What Did Jack Do? on Netflix, a black-and-white short film in which Lynch plays a man who interrogates a monkey.

Lynch teased the forthcoming announcement in his daily “Weather Report” video. Every day, the filmmaker recites the local weather in a video posted to his YouTube channel. 

A separate recurring video series is entitled “Today’s Number Is…”, and sees Lynch select a random number from a jar and read it aloud.

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“Good morning,” he said, during yesterday’s video. “It’s January 31. The last day of January, 2021, and it’s a Sunday. Here in L.A., partly cloudy, a strong breeze blowing, around 46 degrees fahrenheit, 8 celsius.” 

“Not today, but tomorrow, I will have an announcement to make. Should be going up to 69 degrees fahrenheit this afternoon, around 21 celsius, and it looks like we’re gonna have clouds all along the way. Everyone have a great day.”

Some people believed that Lynch would announce a fourth season of his seminal 1990s crime series Twin Peaks, which he revived for a 16-episode run back in 2016 for the US network Showtime.

“It’s either the fourth season of Twin Peaks or he befriended a feral cat that lives on his street, I see no in-between,” joked one fan.

“Twin Peaks S4 I’m sure of it,” wrote another, while someone else wrote: “Twin Peaks s4 inshallah.”

Others suggested that the announcement could in fact be related to Wisteria, a rumoured series that Lynch is reportedly developing for Netflix. 

However, the video announcement, posted today, was not the grand reveal that some fans had been hoping for.

Lynch revealed that he had planned to discontinue his ongoing “Weather Report” series, but had changed his mind after reading benevolent comments posted underneath the previous day’s video.

Fans seemed to take the non-announcement in good humour, with one person writing: “Classic David Lynch to get our hopes up so high for a new project. But regardless I’m very glad he is going to continue doing the weather.”

“David Lynch: Still the greatest,” wrote someone else. The full clip is available to watch here.