From The Usual Suspects, going through The X-Men and Apt Pupil to House, director-producer Brian Singer will be the man behind the camera of The (new) Munsters pilot.

This reboot stems from the mind behind Pushing Daisies and Heroes, Bryan Fuller.

We are not at al thrilled by the idea of such a goth humor classic being re-done, just like we’re almost never into any rebooting and remaking. Especially when the quality of the cinematographer in question is not debatable, but the writing is a question mark, just like it has been for all of the other Heroes seasons after the first one. Something in this set up just doesn’t feel right, we’d all be perfectly well and  happy with re-runs of the original Munsters rather than watch new actors and crew step on eggs and maybe break a few.

Leave the oldies in peace is my motto, should be Hollywood’s too.

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Bryan Singer dirige il pilot di The Munsters

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Toccherà al regista di “X-Men” dirigere l’episodio pilota del remake di “The Munsters”

Bryan Singer fungerà da produttore esecutivo e regista del pilot di “The Munsters”, remake della famosa serie televisiva anni Sessanta “I mostri”, che sarà re-immaginata per la NBC dal creatore di “Pushing Daisies”, Bryan Fuller. Il nuovo “Munsters” sarà composto da episodi di un’ora l’uno, e lascerà dunque da parte il formato sit-com dell’originale in favore di qualcosa di più ambizioso. E con Singer, gay dichiarato e cantore dei “diversi” sin dal suo “X-Men”, alla regia, dobbiamo aspettarci qualcosa di veramente eccelso.

Non è la prima volta che Singer si presta alla TV: in passato ha diretto il pilot di “Dr. House”, di cui è ancora produttore esecutivo, e in seguito ha diretto anche quello di “Football Wives” per la ABC. Anche “Pushing Daisies” aveva ospitato un grande nome alla regia del pilot: era Barry Sonnenfeld, che per il lavoro ricevette un Emmy. Singer si prenota a sua volta.

(via film.it)

FONTE: Deadline

EXCLUSIVE: NBC’s The Munsters will be brought to you by The Bryans. X-Men and Superman Returns helmer Bryan Singer is finalizing a deal to direct and executive produce Bryan Fuller’s reboot of the 1960s comedy, which recently received a pilot order by NBC. Universal Television is producing the project, described as an imaginative reinvention of The Munsters as a visually spectacular one-hour drama. Singer, who had been interested in the project since before it got the greenlight by NBC two weeks ago, will executive produce with Fuller.

After originally developing The Munsters last season, Fuller redeveloped it with NBC’s new executive team this summer and delivered his new script at the beginning of this month. Like Fuller’s previous series, Pushing Daisies, The Munsters calls for striking visuals mixed with all the classic Munsters archetypes, and NBC had been looking for a top director to create the world of The Munsters circa 2011. The pilot for Fuller’s Pushing Daisies also was directed by a feature helmer, Barry Sonnenfeld, who earned an Emmy for his work. The first pilot Singer directed was House, and he continues to serve as an executive producer on the long-running Fox medical drama. Singer has since directed only one other pilot, ABC’s Football Wives, and he served as an executive producer on the ABC drama series Dirty Sexy Money. Earlier this year, he produced the Warner Premiere Digital Web series H+. On the feature side, WME-repped Singer most recently produced X-Men: First Class. As a director, he is in post-production on Jack the Giant Killer.