Image Credit: CBS Archive/Getty ImagesConsider this an early Halloween present from me to you: Pushing Daisies mastermind Bryan Fuller is toiling away on a modern-day reboot of the creepshow classic The Munsters!
So far, NBC, with whom Fuller has an overall deal, has ordered only a pilot. But since the potential series is being described to me as “Modern Family meets True Blood,” I have a good feeling about it.
Not only that, but rumor has it no less than Guillermo del Toro (Hellboy) is eyeing a behind-the-scenes role in the project.
So, um, once you’ve picked your jaw up off the floor, let’s see the synonyms for “amazing” you come up with to describe the very notion of this show below.
Too cool!
It would be if it was on HBO or Showtime. This project is doomed to failure by the letters N, B, and C.
FAIL
They should remake Silver Spoons or Out of This World instead
Of course it’s on NBC–Universal owns the monster design rights and they’d want to put it on their home network.
Not everything on HBO and SHO is that great. What’s True Blood going for another season, bring out the Mummy? I love that new redhead Jessica, but I get more excited when Vampire Diaries airs on Thursday nights.
@Angel, agreed. True Blood was fun in the first season, but IMO, it’s gone downhill pretty fast. TVD, however, has so far been even more kick ass in its second season than it was in its first. And yes, Bruce, I agree the project is doomed to failure, but I doubt it’ll be a quality issue, cuz Bryan Fuller’s fantastic! I’m pretty pumped to see what he comes up with!
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yes iCarly better – Out of this world should br brought back!!!
You are correct sir! The peacock network has become the “Chin” network. Even their “good” shows are being killed by lack of promotion.
I don’t even need to see this and I already know that its gonna be cancelled.
I so agree. I’m sick of remakes.
I think this could work. Pushing Daisies was indeed amazing and The Munsters could combine Fuller’s quirky vision with both fun and nostalgia. I’ll be watching.
Nine times out of ten, remakes are inferior to the originals, so I’m not eager to see it. I love “The Munsters” — the writing was much more clever than it has ever been given credit for.
i complete agree. First of all, it will be on NBC, which hasn’t had any major hits since Friends ended its run 6 years ago. Second, its The Munsters. It only lasted 2 seasons back in the 60′s. No matter how it is reimagined, it will still be the same show at its core. Why should modern viewers tune in to something that her grandparents didn’t want to watch 45 years ago?
WHO SAW LAST WEEK’S EPISODE OF RUBICON!!
Not many people sadly. Will be shocked if the show gets a second season, but I’ve been enjoying the hell out of it.
I did! I did! Rubicon is my fave new show this season for sure.
‘Cause Bryan Fuller had so much success with “Pushing Daisies.” And remakes of “The Munsters” have proven to be television gold. (Or does anyone remember there’s already been an attempt to remake “The Munsters”?
Just please tell me that they won’t be casting Will Ferrell in it.
Yep, and the remake (The Munsters Today) was fairly well received ran longer than the original. Give this one a shot. There is an entire generation that could be introduced to great characters for the first time.
This remake is going to fail as most remakes do, but Pushing Daisies wasn’t terrible. It became doomed thanks to the writers’ strike, just like other new shows at the time.
Brian, the remake went 3 seasons to the original’s 2, but only 2 more episodes than the original’s 70 episode run.
dude… Friends ran for 10 seasons and number of Bad films, failed series from the 6 stars would make a network chief’s head explode… so some times a handfull of ‘wrongs’ can make a ‘right’.
The remake was not “fairly well received” – it was a critical disaster. The only reason it ran for three years was because it was made on the cheap and was first-run syndication, in afternoon and early evening timeslots. And it was a disaster in the rerun market – the reason the show was revived to begin with.
yes really cool
tired of all the rehash, recrap, etc
bad idea
Here, here!
I believe you mean “hear, hear.”
Seconded. This is a horrible idea. I can’t believe they’re letting them do this and this many people are actually on board. Is nothing sacred anymore? Half these people don’t even remember what the original Munsters was and won’t watch the recreation. Some things should be left alone. You can’t recreate that show for modern times, it belongs in the context it was in. The jokes won’t translate to a more cynical age, they’ll make it overly dark and True Blood is a horrible comparison. The Munsters was nothing like that.
This just in, NBC Universal remaking “Casablanca” with Matt Damon as Rick, Katherine Hiegel as Illsa and Kanye West as Sam.
Didn’t NBC develop a failed Casablanca TV series years ago starring David Soul?
@Tim – I totally agree with you. It seems impossible they will be able to create a modern take on the original series. However, I think Bryan Fuller has such an innovative vision, he may be able to pull it off, maybe to critical aclaim, but not ratings wise. And no matter what anyone else says, I think Pushing Daisies was a fantastic show!
LOL@David: “Yo, Rick, Imma let you finish, but the Blue Parrot Cafe is the best cafe in Casablanca!”
Cool! I wonder who they’ll cast….
If they don’t make Brad Garrett ‘Herman’, they shouldn’t even bother…
was racking my brain as to who would be a good fit for Herman and couldnt think of any on, you nailed it
And Bebe Neuwirth as Lily?
Please – they could find someone with some acting talent and put him in platform shoes first!
Brad as Herman and Bebe as Lily? OK, so I’d tune in to watch that. Who do you get as Grandpa though? Jerry Stiller?
Christofer Lloyd, of course.
Lloyd? Well, now I’m definitely sold.
And introducing Sean Hannity as Eddie
Good one!
Oh my gosh, that sounds great! Can’t wait to see it!
Kristen Bell for Marilyn plsthx?!
Ah! That would be amazing! And perfect!
Why her? Marilyn is supposed the be the pretty one.
Kristen Bell isn’t pretty??
No one, absolutely no one can replace Fred Gwynne as Herman- his portrayal is untouchable!
Can’t you see Brad Garrett as Herman? Can you say type casting!
If it’s anyone but Garrett, I’ll be floored.
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What the hell is wrong with NBC? The Munsters is too iconic and the people at NBC need to stop smoking crack. Here’s to hoping this goes the way of their last remake, the Bionic Woman.
It’s not NBC. It’s Bryan Fuller and Del Toro’s lame ideas. They’re looking for work in all the wrong places.
Isn’t it possible that Fuller/Del Toro have an original spin on this idea that would add new layers to the iconic show? How about giving it a chance before writing it off?
No. No it’s not. At this point they’re about half a heartbeat away from remaking Citizen Kane or the Godfather. Some things need to be left alone. We don’t need a “new spin” on everything. You want a new spin? Here’s a novel notion: Come up with an actual IDEA of your own for a change. That would take the actual type of creativity we’re desperately lacking. Stop remaking everything.
Next up, Gone With The Wind starring Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens.
I’m all for new ideas, but if they can update and improve it or do something new with the story (the only two reasons for remaking something, IMO), then that’s cool too. If they fail, it doesn’t erase the old show though.
Is Zac old enough to be able to grow that iconic Butler moustache?? I thought he was still desperate to get his first facial hair at all…
Holy cannoli! This could be ten kinds of win if NBC doesn’t interfere with Bryan Fuller.
OMG ZAC EFRON AND VANESSA HUDGEONS IN GONE WITH THE WIND.
That’d be a true effing sin
Relax, I was being sarcastic. Gone with the wind, the musical!
You had me at “Bryan Fuller”, and then successfully blew my mind away at “Guillermo del Toro”.
NO,NO,and ummmmmmm
NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That would be very interesting! I’m confident in Bryan Fuller’s abilities. AND it would be different from any of NBC’s comedies (and really any other comedy on the air today).
I’m actually more excited about this than I thought I would be. Haha.
No. Just no.
This is bad on so many levels. Why not just start with new episodes of Pushing Daisies.
Yeah, because so many people watched it the first time around…
I’m not sure if I’m excited or horrified.
OOOOOooooh! i hope its like pushing daisies but darker!
so so excited!!!!!!!!
i’m speechless