Jerry O'Connell, who played Vern Tessio in Stephen King's Stand By Me, has been signed to play Herman Munster in the NBC reboot, "Mockingbird Lane." The role of Herman Munster was made famous by Fred Gwynne, who co-starred in Pet Sematary. He was great in both!
Deadline describes the pilot’s premise as follows:
O’Connell will play the family patriarch, the handsome and gangly Herman Munster, a great dad and a devoted husband. He is married to Lily, a vampire, with whom he has fathered a 10-year-old boy, Eddie (Mason Cook). Strong but sentimental, Herman works at a funeral home and worries that Eddie’s transformation into a werewolf and burgeoning awareness of his family’s origins will crush the boy’s spirit.
O'Connell would not have been my first choice for this, but I wish him. I'm looking forward to seeing what Bryan Fuller -- screenwriter of the 2002 version "Carrie," FYI -- does with "Mockingbird Lane." He's also the guy behind that series "Hannibal," which is essentially a prequel to "Red Dragon." I'm looking forward to that, too.
ReplyDeletehadn't even heard about Hannibal. see where netflix leave you.
ReplyDeleteBoth "Mockingbird Lane" and "Hannibal" would be series that would cause me to roll my eyes practically all the way around, if not for the fact that Bryan Fuller is working on them.
ReplyDeleteFuller is a top-notch producer, having previously created the shows "Dead Like Me," "Wonderfalls," and "Pushing Daisies." None of them were hits, but they are all well worth checking out.
Hopefully these two new shows will be just as good, but will also be hits.
Well, don't take this the wrong way, however my reaction to this news is a follows:
ReplyDelete(Starts stamping foot up and down, causing the foundations to shake)
Darn...darn...darn...darn...
ChrisC
ah,give him a chance
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