NBC and Bryan Fuller remaking The Munsters

[Jack Bauer]

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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.

Looks like eventurally everything will be remade. Hey, as long as it's good that's ok with me.

Bryan Fuller seems like a good fit for a remake of The Munsters.

 

[Greg Cox]

Could be fun. Let the casting speculation begin!

(And, no, Nathan Fillion can't play Herman!)

 

[Sheep]

The only reason I'm not totally ignoring this news is because Fuller's responsible for Dead Like Me, Pushing Daisies and many of Heroes' good episodes. Anyone else and I wouldn't give this show a second glance.

 

[melancholymecha]

lets see, a modern family with a vampire wife & grandfather, a reanimated corpse for a huband, a werewolf son & a normal daughter. Yeah i can kinda of see how this could fit the Dead Like Me/ Pushing Daisies mold.

 

[cardinal biggles]

On one hand, The Munsters is a TV classic; do we really need a remake? On the other hand, nostalgia aside, was The Munsters really that great a show? That plus Fuller's involvement make me think this actually has potential.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Well okay. But only because it's Bryan Fuller!

lets see, a modern family with a vampire wife & grandfather, a reanimated corpse for a huband, a werewolf son & a normal daughter.

I thought Eddie was a vampire. Granted, I don't really understand monster genetics.

 

[Vendikarr]

Well okay. But only because it's Bryan Fuller!

lets see, a modern family with a vampire wife & grandfather, a reanimated corpse for a huband, a werewolf son & a normal daughter.

I thought Eddie was a vampire. Granted, I don't really understand monster genetics.

Eddie was a wolf-boy. Marilyn was a cousin, not a daughter.


I have to agree that anyone else taking a shot at remaking the Munsters would be an automatic fail. But Bryan Fuller has the imagination to make this work, as long as the suits leave him alone.

 

[Dream]

It's a Bryan Fuller show. It'll be cancelled.

 

[bigdaddy]

It's a Bryan Fuller show. It'll be cancelled.

It's a NBC show, so it will be cancelled.

But to be fair Bryan Fuller left Dead Like Me after only a few episode, and Pushing Daisies could have been a lot better. He is nuts and without his name attached to this it would be a complete disaster.

 

[Professor Zoom]

On one hand, The Munsters is a TV classic; do we really need a remake?

We already had one.

 

[Captaindemotion]

Could be fun. Let the casting speculation begin!

(And, no, Nathan Fillion can't play Herman!)

Of course not. He'll be Lily.

I'm generally open-minded on remakes and I'm surprised the Munsters hasn't been properly remade before (the series from the 1990s was awful). Fuller seems a good choice to revamp it and the way that this is described sounds promising.

 

[Lonemagpie]

Part oft he problem with this one is that the original's show's success owed so much to the original casting - none of the prior remakes have been any good.

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

Robert Llewellyn's portrayal of Kryten was very Herman Munster-like at times.

I think he even referenced Herman once.

 

[Icemizer]

Ian Mcshane for Grampa Munster.

 

[Greg Cox]

Ian Mcshane for Grampa Munster.

Or maybe Martin Landau . . . .

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

I liked the first TV movie revival better than the "Munsters Today" show - the plot was lame, but they did a marvelous job of recasting (Edward Hermann was most remarkable) and recreating the original look of the show and characters:

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RK2O8UBQQv4[/yt]

 

[Lonemagpie]

Robert Llewellyn's portrayal of Kryten was very Herman Munster-like at times.

I think he even referenced Herman once.

He does a lot of the same mannerisms- the big open-mouthed silent laugh, etc.

 

[Starbreaker]

I'm on board as long as they keep the Munster pets. Igor the Bat, Kitty, Spot the Dragon, and the Raven.

 

[RandyS]

On one hand, The Munsters is a TV classic; do we really need a remake? On the other hand, nostalgia aside, was The Munsters really that great a show?

1. Of course we need a remake, that's all TV is anymore, or haven't you been paying attention? Hell, even the Munsters remake is twenty two years old. Pretty soon, we'll need a remake of that

2. As it happens, I'm re-watching my DVD set of the original as we speak, and no, it was not a "great" show, but it IS fun and enjoyable.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Ian Mcshane for Grampa Munster.

Or maybe Martin Landau . . . .

Oooh Landau, good call!

For Herman Munster, I nominate Adam Baldwin.