NBC To Air ‘Mockingbird Lane’ Pilot As Halloween Special

Been looking forward to NBC’s Mockingbird Lane, the remake of The Munsters? According to the The Hollywood Reporter NBC will be unveiling the pilot for the series, which was directed by Bryan Singer (X-Men), as a Halloween special. While this is good news for you who want to finally see the pilot there is a bit of bad news surrounding the pilot. Recently it was revealed that NBC isn’t too sure that they even want to move forward with the series. Which, is a bit odd due to the show has already reportedly cost them around $10 million.

The pilot, written by Bryan Fuller and to be directed by Bryan Singer, is described as a reinvention of the 1960s sitcom about The Munsters, a family of “monsters” — vampires, werewolves and Frankenstein, and their “plain” cousin (Charity Wakefield) — that will feature striking visuals in the vein of Fuller’s ABC dramedy Pushing Daisies. O’Connell will play family patriarch, the handsome and gangly Herman Munster, a great dad and 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.