First Image from Bryan Fuller’s “The Munsters” Pilot

Wondering what was happening with Bryan Fuller’s remake of The Munsters? A pilot has been shot and a series pick up by NBC is looking likely. We’ve got the first image from the series, a family portrait. The monsters all appear to be normal people at first glance but Fuller promises that the folks on Mockingbird Lane will be quite monstrous indeed.

TVline got the scoop on what to expect from The Munsters at Bryan Fuller’s Comic Con Panel:

Fuller also credited his Pushing Daisies production and costume designers, who have come on board the project, with the show’s look; he described it as if “Hitchcock was directing a Harry Potter film.”

The idea for Mockingbird Lane was born after monster drawings at a Tim Burton exhibit in New York City made Fuller think, “Why don’t we have a monster family on TV?” He added: “This is about embracing the freak of your family and being proud,” he said.

There will be plenty of special treats in Mockingbird Lane, including homages to classic Universal monsters, made easier by the fact that the show shoots on the Universal lot where many of the old sets still stand. For instance, Grandpa’s dungeon is on the same stage as the original Phantom of the Opera set. Fuller also plans to explore the mythology of how the family came to the infamous address and introduce family pet Spot (a live-action, dragon-like version – “It’s going to be quite fantastic”) and the DRAG-U-LA automobile (“We want to see them build [it]”).

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