Bryan Fuller on the Munster’s Reboot and First Look at the Mockingbird Lane Mansion

You may have heard the news that Bryan Fuller is rebooting The Munsters for NBC. The project is still in the pilot stages and has yet to be greenlit by the network.  If you were wondering what the series might look like, the first image of the mansion on Mockingbird Lane has been released.

Read on for the image and excerpts from EW’s interview with Bryan Fuller.

Fuller spoke to EW about rebooting the classic series saying he was influenced by a Tim Burton exhibit in New York. He says if Universal clears the rights (and the show goes to series) he will incorporate many of the classic monsters, he also says that “unlike in the original, we’re going to see our monsters do monstrous things.”

How will these scary monsters look? Fulller describes the style as  “… almost the Real Housewives of Transylvania. These are a blinged-out representation of what monsters would be doing if they lived in our society today. How they would look, how they would interact. Our wardrobe is heavily influenced by Alexander McQueen and his use of animal textures.”

Are you weary of remakes? Fuller describes his personal take on the issue:

I’m personally, as an audience member, not afraid of remakes. I’m afraid of bad remakes, which is unfortunately more commonly the case. Which is why I think people get up in arms when they see a remake idea — “Oh they’re remaking something that’s been done before, what hackery, there’s no original thoughts in Hollywood.” But there’s a great quote that no art exists without the art before it. We’re doing our work to make our versions distinct and also respectable of their respective source material. One of the things we did so well in the first season of Heroes is we delivered on each of those [superhero] metaphors. When you come to The Musters and have Herman — who’s essentially a zombie in a constant state of decay — and he’s married to a woman who doesn’t age, there’s something very poignant there. These stories will surprise audiences.

Read the full interview here.

What do you think so far, would you watch the new Munsters?