JamesG
08-11-2011, 10:57 AM
Exclusive: "The Munsters" Back in Development at NBC
Aug 11, 2011
by Michael Schneider
"Pushing Daisies" creator Bryan Fuller is taking another stab at developing a remake of "The Munsters" at NBC.
Fuller has met with NBC executives in recent weeks about revisiting his adaptation of the 1960s black-and-white classic.
Fuller first developed a "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.
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.
NBC's sister Universal Media Studios is behind the show.
Fred Gwynne, Yvonne De Carlo and Al Lewis famously starred in the original.
"The Munsters" has retained its popularity over the years, spawning the 1966 feature film Munster, Go Home! and a 1981 NBC TV movie, The Munsters' Revenge, which reunited the original cast.
A new cast then took over with the late 1980s syndication revival "The Munsters Today", and yet two more casts were brought in to star in the 1995 Fox TV movie Here Come the Munsters, and 1996 TV movie sequel, Munsters' Scary Little Christmas.
For the past few years The Wayans Brothers were in talks to do a new "Munsters" feature film but those plans never came to be.
http://www.tvguide.com/News/Exclusive-Munsters-NBC-1036301.aspx
Aug 11, 2011
by Michael Schneider
"Pushing Daisies" creator Bryan Fuller is taking another stab at developing a remake of "The Munsters" at NBC.
Fuller has met with NBC executives in recent weeks about revisiting his adaptation of the 1960s black-and-white classic.
Fuller first developed a "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.
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.
NBC's sister Universal Media Studios is behind the show.
Fred Gwynne, Yvonne De Carlo and Al Lewis famously starred in the original.
"The Munsters" has retained its popularity over the years, spawning the 1966 feature film Munster, Go Home! and a 1981 NBC TV movie, The Munsters' Revenge, which reunited the original cast.
A new cast then took over with the late 1980s syndication revival "The Munsters Today", and yet two more casts were brought in to star in the 1995 Fox TV movie Here Come the Munsters, and 1996 TV movie sequel, Munsters' Scary Little Christmas.
For the past few years The Wayans Brothers were in talks to do a new "Munsters" feature film but those plans never came to be.
http://www.tvguide.com/News/Exclusive-Munsters-NBC-1036301.aspx