‘Amazing Stories’ Bosses on Being Inspired by Steven Spielberg and How the ‘Human Story Is the Franchise’

variety.com:

SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched “The Cellar,” the series premiere episode of the reimagining of “Amazing Stories,” now streaming on Apple TV Plus.

As an anthology series, “the whole point” of “Amazing Stories” is “doing something new every week,” says Edward Kitsis, co-showrunner of the new version of Steven Spielberg’s 1985 series of the same name. “With us coming back [almost] 35 years later to just redo something they had done, that’s not what [Steven] does, and that’s not what we would have been interested in doing, either,” he continues. “Steven Spielberg is the kind of filmmaker that reminds you why you got into the business — that love you had before you moved to L.A. — and that was so inspiring for us.” “Amazi