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Bureau of Moving Pictures has acquired the rights to make a biopic about the life of one of my industry heroes Twilight Zone creator Rod Serling  reports Deadline.

Aftter a tour of duty during World War II  Serling returned to the States and worked his way into radio before becoming a TV writer.

Of course the  sci-fi anthology series "The Twilight Zone" has had a  major influence on many film and TV writers and directors to this day.

Serling was also responsible for the similar  TV anthology "Night Gallery" a decade later, and he co-wrote the 1968 sci-fi classic "Planet of the Apes".

He died at 50 due to his chain-smoking habit.

Stanley Weiser will write the movie while Serling's widow Carol Serling and with Andrew Meieran will produce