‘The ‘Burbs’ – Keke Palmer Starring in TV Series Adaptation of Joe Dante’s 1989 Classic

Joe Dante’s dark comedy favorite The ‘Burbs is headed to the small screen with a TV series adaptation for Peacockand Keke Palmer (Nope) has been set to star in the series.

Variety reports that The ‘Burbs has been ordered straight-to-series by Peacock. Celeste Hughey (“Palm Royale,” “Dead to Me,” “High Fidelity”) is adapting Dante’s film for television.

Here’s a particularly cool bit from the website’s report: “The series will film on the Universal Studios backlot, just like the movie.” The show’s official synopsis previews…

“Set in present-day suburbia, The ‘Burbs follows a young couple 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.”

Seth MacFarlane will executive produce, along with Brian Grazer of Imagine Entertainment.

Keke Palmer is starring and also executive producing.

Joe Dante’s original movie starred Tom Hanks, Carrie Fisher, Bruce Dern, Rick Ducommun and Corey Feldman, the film centered on an overstressed suburbanite and his neighbors who become convinced that the new family on the block is part of a murderous Satanic cult.

Brian Keiper celebrated 35 years of The ‘Burbs here on Bloody Disgusting earlier this year. He wrote, “Joe Dante had made horror comedies before—Piranha (1978), The Howling (1981), and Gremlins (1984) all certainly qualify, but The ‘Burbs was something different. It is first and foremost a comedy, filled with often over-the-top absurdist humor, with horror woven through like the dark threads in a tapestry giving the film its entirely unique character.”

‘The Burbs’