Now
this is interesting. NBC plans to bring back
The Munsters. No word on cast or premiere date, but this definitely something that SB will follow as it progresses. Speaking of
The Munsters, whatever happened to the proposed movie adaptation the Wayans were rumored to do?
Less than 2 weeks after receiving Bryan Fuller’s script for The Munsters, NBC has given a pilot order to the Pushing Daisies
creator’s reboot of the 1960s comedy. Universal Television is producing
the project, described as an imaginative reinvention of The Munsters as a visually spectacular one-hour drama. Fuller originally developed The Munsters
last season and his was one of very few scripts new NBC chief Bob
Greenblatt kept in play when he took over the network in January.
Greenblatt rolled the project to get it redeveloped by his team.
Fuller’s new outline submitted in September was received well, and his
new script was delivered to NBC early this month. Word is that the
network envisions the new Munsters as a potential summer or event series. Like Fuller’s previous series, Pushing Daisies,
the project features striking visuals mixed with all the classic
Munsters archetypes. Grandpa Sam Dracula is essentially Dracula who
assembled Herman because no man was good enough for his daughter Lily, a
sexy vamp. Lily’s niece Marilyn the freak is actually normal and Lily
and Herman’s only child, Eddie, has his werewolf tendencies surface in
puberty, forcing the family to relocate to their famous 1313
Mockingbird Lane address. In addition to The Munsters, Fuller also has Hannibal, based on the Hannibal Lecter character, in contention at NBC for a straight-to-series order via Gaumont International TV.
Thanks to
Deadline for the scoop.
