NBC and Bryan Fuller remaking The Munsters
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Here's a longer article with more details. Sounds like this is a pet project for NBC.
NBC desperately needs some big, buzz-worthy series next fall that will get people to pay attention to the network again. Even if they had anything worth watching, they don't have enough people already watching the network for them to advertise new shows to. They'll need to bootstrap a whole new audience next fall.
The Munsters might be that buzz-worthy show. If I were them, I'd get a couple others lined up that might attract buzz in the non-genre/nostalgia audience, in the traditional genres - cop show, lawyer show, doctor show, sitcom with some big name star. Mystery/horror (not necessarily supernatural) would be another good one. Target several different audiences in the hopes that at least one will come through.
NBC desperately needs some big, buzz-worthy series next fall that will get people to pay attention to the network again. Even if they had anything worth watching, they don't have enough people already watching the network for them to advertise new shows to. They'll need to bootstrap a whole new audience next fall.
The Munsters might be that buzz-worthy show. If I were them, I'd get a couple others lined up that might attract buzz in the non-genre/nostalgia audience, in the traditional genres - cop show, lawyer show, doctor show, sitcom with some big name star. Mystery/horror (not necessarily supernatural) would be another good one. Target several different audiences in the hopes that at least one will come through.
Some more details:
http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/27447
I don't really like the character descriptions, but it's a Bryan Fuller show so I will still watch at least the first few episodes.
http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/27447
I don't really like the character descriptions, but it's a Bryan Fuller show so I will still watch at least the first few episodes.
Wow. Not The Munsters and not good. I mean, Pushing Daisies was good, so maybe, but that really does not sound encouraging.
Whoah! What happened to Lily and Grandpa being vampires?
It sounds like Fuller is just rewriting the show entirely. Eh, who knows, maybe it will be fun. At this point, I'm thinking of this as MINO
and will judge it on its own merits.
This sounds like fun. 
Bryan Singer (The Usual Suspects, X2, Superman Returns) has been attached to direct the pilot.
I'll be surprised if it lasts five episodes.
I wonder if this is as accurate as the (now known to be false) report the other day that Khan was the villain in the upcoming Star Trek movie...
Yep, this is one of those things that's clearly misleading as a result of either missing some crucial details or a misunderstanding of some aspect of the premise by the person providing the information.
One of my favorite examples of this was a brief description that leaked out in late 1981 of the plot of TWOK as "Khan steals a weather-making machine and traps the Enterprise in a cloud in space." Seriously.
Even incomplete, it makes it even weirder that they're naming it after The Munsters. The name itself implies humor, especially considering it's still a well-known show today. If the concept is so radically different, why not just start from scratch?
Name recognition is why. They hope that people familiar with the name will check it out, gaining them a built-in audience. That is the base reason why they remake any series.
True. Also, this sounds pretty funny - especially given Fuller's past work.
That's virtually never an actual problem, just something usually imagined by the limited number of trufans who actually exist for an old show.
Brands mean something. Otherwise, companies, including entertainment companies, wouldn't be so protective of them.
If the general public expects a certain thing from the name "Munsters" (or any other brand) and it isn't enough like that, they can easily get turned off.
Playing Devil's Advocate, the previous tv revivals of The Munsters stayed pretty close to the template of the 1960s series and it didn't get them too far.
Of course, it didn't help that they were crap.
Of course, it didn't help that they were crap.
