We have another series remake coming. This one is 'The Munsters'.
TV Guide reports:
Pushing Daisies creator Bryan Fuller is taking another stab at developing a remake of The Munsters at NBC.If 'The Jeffersons' is next on the list, I'm blowing stuff up
Fuller has met with NBC executives in recent weeks about revisiting his adaptation of the 1960s black-and-white classic. Fuller first developed a The Munsters revival last year, but NBC ultimately passed on the script. Nonetheless, NBC Entertainment chairman Bob Greenblatt liked the general idea and asked Fuller to head back to the keyboard.
This isn't your mummy's The Munsters. While the original was a half-hour sitcom about blue collar Monster-Americans, Fuller's take on The Munsters will be an edgier, slightly darker hour-long show. Fuller is expected to more deeply explore the origins of how the residents of 1313 Mockingbird Lane came to be.
There will still be plenty of humor, and all the original characters are still there: Family patriarch Herman Munster; his vampy wife Lily Munster; eccentric Grandpa; eager son Eddie Munster; and strangely normal niece Marilyn Munster. Even Spot — Eddie's pet dragon — is expected to have a role.
they could get Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI) to play the part of Eddie!
ReplyDeleteThese folks looked spooky but now they are ,if you will...normal looking.
ReplyDeleteI was thinking the other day "What if they did a remake of Sanford and Son?" No. The Munsters should not be remade.
ReplyDeleteI'm afraid someone's going to bring back Leave It To Beaver one of these seasons.
Normally I would cringe also, but Bryan Fuller has made some seriously great shows (Pushing Daisies, Dead Like Me, Wonderfalls) so I would be willing to give this a few episodes to see if it's good.
ReplyDeleteI'm T-I-R-E-D of all the remakes and the sequels and the prequels. Is originality in Hollywood a thing of the past?
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