NBC and Bryan Fuller have finally found their Lily Munster for Mockingbird Lane, the reboot of the 1960s sitcom The Munsters. Portia de Rossi (Arrested Development) will take on the role originally played by Yvonne De Carlo in the original. De Rossi joins a cast that includes Jerry O’Connell, Eddie Izzard, Mason Cook, and Charity Wakefield in the production of the pilot episode of Mockingbird Lane, which will be directed by Bryan Singer (The Usual Suspects, X-Men).
NBC had originally wanted Mariana Klaveno for the role, but Klaveno was under contract to ABC to play a supporting role in the ABC series Devious Maids, and the studios evidently couldn’t reconcile their differences.
The Hollywood Reporter noted that Fuller and NBC had tried to revive the Munsters last year, but the new version, which the trade paper described as a "hyper stylized reboot… an "edgier and slightly darker take that will explore the origins of Herman (O’Connell) and Lily (De Rossi) and how they arrived at the famed 1313 Mockingbird Lane."
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