Bryan Singer to Helm NBC's 'The Munsters' Reboot

It's called work!

 

Yeah but some more original work would be nice. We know what he can do with an original story and what he's capable of: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0..._sc_1&s=movies-tv&qid=1332335932&sr=1-1-spell

 

Eddie Izzard is playing "Grandpa"....man, I used to love Eddie Izzard.


Eddie Izzard is moving to "Mockingbird Lane."

The "United States of Tara" and "The Riches" actor Izzard has signed on for a starring role in "Mockingbird Lane," NBC's upcoming revamp of the classic comedy series "The Munsters." Izzard will play Grandpa, a character played by Al Lewis in the 1960s series.

Izzard will also produce on the series.

The pilot -- which was initially passed on by the network, then revived by NBC Entertainment chairman Robert Greenblatt -- will represent a radical departure from the CBS series of yore. Billed as a "radical reinvention" of the original, "Mockingbird Lane" will be "a visually spectacular one-hour drama." Yes, drama.

Bryan Fuller, of "Dead Like Me" and "Pushing Daisies" renown, is writing and executive-producing the pilot. "X-Men" helmsman Bryan Singer will direct.

Deadline first reported the news.

Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/enterta...sters+revamp/6335986/story.html#ixzz1plJDKTUU

 

Folks sometimes these things sound bad until you see what is being imagined come to life. I know Bryan Fuller pretty well and he is a talented dude. He is very excited about this. Whether or not it works has yet to be seen but I don't think you can write this effort off as typical formulaic crap.

 

Will they have Spot?

 

....and Kitty Kat, Cousin It....will Gomez wreck model trains?

I just cannot imagine an hour, well, 40 minutes of Munster action that isn't snooze fodder.

 

What a waste.

 

You're mixing your '60s monster comedies.

 

I loved what he did with "Dead Like Me" (before he left the show), so I think if anyone can pull off this remake, he can.

 

If Bryan fuller is involved, I'll at least take a look. I was gonna say that I'm willing to give any Bryan Fuller project a chance, then I saw where he's signed on for a remake of The Adventures of Pinocchio. I draw the line there.

 

"You rang."

You're right Gomez! My memory is a train wreck. They were both on the air at the same time. It's all mixed up now.

 

Singer ruined Superman why not The Munsters?

 

it gets more surreal with info on the remake spurting out...this is just nauseating.

 

will be be the horrendous color palette as well?

 

Won't this technically be the third remake if you count the TV movie reboots from the 90s?

 

Let the spewing begin!!

 

What scares me is that it sounds like they're gonna take a lot of the funny out of the show. A serious Munsters show? Yikes...

What's next: Dragnet as a comedy? I Love Lucy as a slasher melodrama? Seinfeld as a game show?

This re-imagining stuff just makes me ill. Come up with a new show, already; don't screw with the classics.

(On the other hand, I'm amused by the idea of Dark Shadows as a satire, but I think calling this show a "classic" is a stretch. And when you think about it, Survivor is kind of Gilligan's Island as a game show.)

 

It was good as a comedy, especially for us P.A.G.A.N.'s!

 

wasn't the dragnet movie from the 80's a comedy?

 

I'm quite sure that with Byan Fuller it will be a comedy. Just really dark. Eddie Izzard is Grandpa.

 

Well, with "Dead Like Me" and "Pushing Daisies" this guy Fuller's got a solid record of shows that nobody watches. Tim Burton must be po'd that he didn't get his hands on a goth/monster remake from his childhood...we could have had Johnny Depp as Herman and Helena Bonham-Carter as Lily

 

It seems like the "re-imagining" formula is now not only to take an old TV show or movie and remake it, but to make sure you do it in the genre OPPOSITE of the original - if it was a comedy, it's now a drama; if it was a drama, it's now a comedy. I don't get it.

 

I think you've hit on something--it just shows how out of ideas Hollywood is-

 

Then again, Hollywood has been remaking and remaking films since the beginning of it all, so it's not something new that has suddenly started, say 10 years ago.

Watch the remake when it comes out, give it a chance. Then if it stinks, it stinks.

 

Bryan Fuller created 2 of my favorite TV shows, "Wonderfalls" and "Pushing Daisies," so I will certainly give this a chance no matter how terrible it sounds. The guy's got an amazing, unique visual style on top of being a very imaginative storyteller that could work well with this material.