‘The Burbs’ Series Starring Keke Palmer Set at Peacock

Keke Palmer is about to star in a TV adaptation of the darkish comedy movie “The ‘Burbs,” which has been ordered straight-to-series at Peacock.

Celeste Hughey (“Palm Royale,” “Lifeless to Me,” “Excessive Constancy”) will adapt the movie for tv. Seth MacFarlane is about to govt produce, as will Brian Grazer of Think about Leisure, with Think about having produced the movie. Dana Olsen, who wrote the movie, will co-executive produce.

The sequence will movie on the Common Studios backlot, identical to the film. Launched in 1989, “The ‘Burbs” starred Tom Hanks, Carrie Fisher, Bruce Dern, Rick Ducommun, and Corey Feldman. Within the movie, the residents of a suburban neighborhood suspect their new neighbors are ritualistic murderers. Produced by Common Footage, the movie grossed simply over $49 million towards a reported funds of $18 million. It’s now thought of a cult basic.

The official logline for the sequence states, “Set in present-day suburbia, ‘The ‘Burbs’ follows a younger couple returning to the husband’s childhood house. Their world is upended when new neighbors transfer in subsequent door, bringing previous secrets and techniques of the cul-de-sac to mild, and new lethal threats shatter the phantasm of their quiet little neighborhood.”

Hughey will govt produce along with writing the sequence, whereas Palmer will govt produce along with starring. MacFarlane govt produces below his Fuzzy Door banner together with Erica Huggins and Aimee Carlson. Grazer govt produces by way of Think about Leisure together with Kristen Zolner and Natalie Berkus. As talked about, Olsen will co-executive produce. UCP is the studio, with Fuzzy Door at present below an total deal at UCP.

Palmer has received two Emmy Awards so far — one for greatest actress in a shortform comedy or drama sequence for “Turnt Up with the Taylors” and one other for her work internet hosting the reboot of the sport present “Password.” She is understood for her roles in movies and sequence like “Nope,” “Hustlers,” “Akeelah and the Bee,” “True Jackson, VP,” “Scream Queens,” and “Berlin Station.” Palmer can be an completed singer and has launched a number of albums.

Fuzzy Door at present produces the “Ted” prequel sequence at Peacock, which is prepping its second season. Additionally below its present total deal, the corporate produced the science sequence “The Finish Is Nye” with Invoice Nye. Think about’s current TV credit embrace “Beneath the Banner of Heaven” at FX, “Swagger” at Apple TV+, “The Ms. Pat Present” at BET+, and “The Misplaced Image” at Peacock.

Palmer is repped by 3 Arts Leisure, Luna PR, and Hertz Lichtenstein. Hughey is repped by UTA, Kaplan Perrone Leisure, and Hansen Jacobson. Fuzzy Door is repped by WME and Jackoway Austen Tyerman. Olsen is repped by lawyer Daniel Riviera.

“The ‘Burbs” is the newest instance of Peacock adapting or rebooting a Common property for streaming. The streamer additionally at present airs exhibits like “Ted” and “Bel-Air” (a dramatic reboot of “The Contemporary Prince of Bel-Air”), whereas it has beforehand aired a brand new iteration of “Saved by the Bell” and “Punky Brewster” in addition to “Pitch Excellent: Bumper in Berlin.”