New Doc on The Twilight Zone‘s Rod Serling Wouldn’t Exist Without ‘Big Fan’ Leonardo DiCaprio, Director Says (Exclusive)
PEOPLE has the exclusive first look at ‘Serling’ ahead of its SXSW Film & TV Festival premiere
By Raven Brunner, Published on March 13, 2026 10:00AM EDT
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- Director Jonah Tulis says his upcoming documentary on The Twilight Zone creator Rod Serling came to fruition because of Leonardo DiCaprio. “It all originated from [DiCaprio] and his team at Appian Way. I love working with them,” he says PEOPLE has the exclusive first look at Serling before its SXSW Film & TV Festival premiere on March 16
Director Jonah Tulis grew up watching The Twilight Zone with his dad, but his upcoming documentary on creator Rod Serling came to fruition because of Leonardo DiCaprio.
Tulis tells PEOPLE in an exclusive interview that he came across the project while looking to work with DiCaprio’s production company Appian Way and learning that they had been talking to Serling’s estate.
“It all originated from [DiCaprio] and his team at Appian Way. I love working with them. We’re planning new projects together,” the director says, adding that the Oscar winner “is obviously a big fan of The Twilight Zone and this whole universe.”
Tulis says Appian Way “brought the project to me and I ran with it, of course, but they were the ones who said, ‘Hey, we should do this.’ And they helped find the financing.”
Serling tells the life story of the late Twilight Zone creator in his own words using never-before-heard recordings, archival material and reenactments. The documentary dives into Serling’s popular television work and final years, as well as his dedication to social justice.
“As his unmistakable voice guides us through these shadows, Serling emerges not only as a master of storytelling, but as a man grappling with the trauma of war, the moral compromises of fame and the hope that America might one day live up to its own ideals,” the synopsis teases.
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