M Night Shyamalan has played down the link between his new TV show Wayward Pines and cult classic Twin Peaks.

Wayward Pines will star Matt Dillon as a secret service agent on the hunt for his missing colleagues, with early publicity comparing the show to David Lynch and Mark Frost's early '90s drama.

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"I'm not copying anybody," After Earth director Shyamalan told IGN. "I don't like copying anything, so the specificity will be the way you'll know that it's different."

Shyamalan did acknowledge that Twin Peaks remains an "iconic" piece of television, adding: "Stepford Wives is another kind of touchstone for me in terms of odd tone, like, 'What's going on? Why's everyone acting so weird?'

"That vibe... if that's what you're feeling, we're in a good place."

Wayward Pines is to air on Fox in the US in 2014.

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