Keke Palmer To Star In ‘The ‘Burbs’ Peacock Series Remake Of Cult Movie With Seth MacFarlane & Brian Grazer As EPs

Nellie Andreeva
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Peacock has given a straight-to-series order to The ‘Burbs, a contemporary series adaptation of the 1989 Universal Pictures horror-comedy film of the same name. Celeste Hughey (Palm Royale, Dead to Me) is writing and executive producing the mystery comedy series which will star Keke Palmer (Nope, Password), also an executive producer on the project from UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group.

Seth MacFarlane (Ted), Erica Huggins and Aimee Carlson executive produce for Fuzzy Door under the company’s UCP overall deal alongside Brian Grazer, Kristen Zolner and Natalie Berkus for Imagine Entertainment, which produced the 1989 movie. Dana Olsen, the writer of the film directed by Joe Dante, will serve as co-executive producer on the series.

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Set in present-day suburbia, The ‘Burbs follows a young couple — with Palmer playing the wife — returning to the husband’s childhood home. Their world is upended when new neighbors move in next door, bringing old secrets of the cul-de-sac to light, and new deadly threats shatter the illusion of their quiet little neighborhood.

The series will film in Los Angeles at the same location as the original 1989 film, the backlot of Universal Studios Hollywood.

The film, which stars Tom Hanks and Carrie Fisher as the couple, along with Bruce Dern and Corey Feldman, has achieved a cult status after an inauspicious box-office start. It streams on Peacock.

This marks the latest Universal film title to be turned into a series for sibling streamer Peacock. The list includes MacFarlane’s Ted, which has been renewed for a second season.

Celeste Hughey
Celeste Hughey

Mystery comedies are having a moment with hits such as Hulu’s Only Murder In the Building and Peacock’s own Poker Face and Based On a True Story.

Hughey is repped by UTA, Kaplan Perrone Entertainment, and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller. Palmer is repped by 3 Arts and Hertz Lichtenstein Young & Polk. Fuzzy Door is repped by WME and Jackoway Austen. Olsen is repped by attorney Daniel Riviera.

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