Check Out The Mockingbird Lane Teaser
Filed under: Donovan, TV Shows
Author: Donovan
Date: Oct 20, 2012
NBC’s costly reboot of the campy 1960s sitcom The Munsters if finally seeing the light of day. The project was originally planned as a new series, but after the pilot was filmed, the network brass wasn’t pleased with the outcome. Instead of shelving the reported $10 million project, NBC is airing the Mockingbird Bird pilot as a stand-alone Halloween special as part of their Fright Night event on Friday, October 26.
Mockingbird Lane stars Jerry O’Connell (Herman Munster), Portia de Rossi (Lily Munster), Eddie Izzard (Grandpa/Sam Dracula) and Cheyenne Jackson (Scout Master Steve). The re-imagining of the classic show is from the brainchild of Bryan Fuller whose previous credits include Pushing Daisies, Dead Like Me, Wonderfalls and Star Trek: DS9. Funny enough, Mockingbird Lane isn’t the only project Fuller is working on for NBC. He’s also in charge of bringing Hannibal Lector to television in Hannibal. Hopefully, he has better luck with that reboot than with Mockingbird Lane.
‘Mockingbird Lane’ Teaser
NBC Official Synopsis
Buying a house these days is a nightmare, so Herman and Lily are shocked that no one scooped up the rambling Victorian mansion at 1313 Mockingbird Lane that was the site of a series of grisly hobo murders. Settling into their new place, they’re quickly onto the mission at hand: to gently ease Eddie into the reality of his werewolf adolescence. But it’s not always so easy to accept that your child is a little “different” from the rest of the kids. Meanwhile, Herman, who works as a funeral director, is suffering from a heart condition. Since he’s made up mostly of spare parts, he knew his makeshift heart would eventually give out. No worries though, because Grandpa, who is pretty good at procuring body parts, is on the case. All Herman cares about is finding a new heart with the same capacity to love Lily as much as he has for so many decades.
What do you think? Personally, I think it looks interesting. With such a huge price tag attached to the show, I can see why NBC is antsy. Rumor has it though, if the Halloween special does well in the ratings, the network might consider moving forward with the series. Would you watch a weekly show revolving around the Munsters? Sound off below.
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Steve
October 20th, 2012 at 2:12 am
I would definitely give it a chance, it’s different and has a great cast. You can’t go too wrong with Portia de Rossi and Cheyenne Jackson!
jonathan
October 21st, 2012 at 12:28 pm
Oh, man….I was so looking forward to this series. At least we get to see it at all.
Corbyn Samuels
October 26th, 2012 at 12:27 pm
From what I’ve seen in the clips for this Halloween special it’s pretty interesting. It definitely is a brand new take on The Munsters show my mom used to watch on reruns on TVLand. Perhaps making the show more dark and serious is intended for today’s TV to shy away from the silly antics of the original Munster show. It’s hard to believe that this has been in production for two years and has cost NBC two million dollars. Even though it’s one night only I’ve got my Hopper timer set to record the show. With all of the other Halloween stuff I’ve got recording it will be nice to have it at my fingertips. Eddie Izzard as Grandpa really surprised me because that’s not really a role I could see him in but in the clips it works. My DISH co-worker is really excited about Portia DeRossi and she really has a good role in the show. I loved the scene with the spiders spinning Lily’s dress and I hate spiders! The CGI for this particular scene with grandpa as a pile of rats was outstanding.