In October of last year, news broke that Pushing Daisies creator Bryan Fuller was interested in developing a modern-day reboot of the classic 1960s sitcom The Munsters. After reading Fuller’s script, today the Peacock network gave The Munsters remake the greenlight. Fuller will shoot a pilot, show it off to the network, and if all goes well it will air on NBC sometime next year. It will be produced by Universal Television, and it’s being described as an “imaginative reinvention of The Munsters as a visually spectacular one hour drama.” I added emphasis to those words; after watching Pushing Daisies come and go far too quickly, we all know that Fuller’s ability to paint a colorful and visually splendid picture is extraordinary. So what do we know about The Munsters circa 2012? So far, not much. Rumor has it that the reboot will be less campy and more frightening and darker than its 1960s counterpart. Also, Fuller has expressed interest in bringing on Kristen Bell to play Marilyn, the “plain” cousin of the wacky Munster clan. Since then, however, Bell has moved on to star in the new Showtime series House of Lies. Who knows if this puts a chink in Fuller’s plans. For now, be ecstatic that The Munsters are coming back with a hugely creative talent backing it up.

[Via TVLine]