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Jack Whitehall , Paula Pell , Julia Duffy , Mark Proksch , and Kapil Talwalkar join the cast of Peacock ’s Keke Palmer - starring series The ' Burbs .
The Peacock TV serial adaptation ofThe ' Burbsadded five to the cast of theKeke Palmer - star serial inJack Whitehall(Jungle Cruise),Paula Pell(Girls5eva),Julia Duffy(Palm Royale),Mark Proksch(What We Do in the Shadows ) , andKapil Talwalkar(Night Court ) . TheCeleste Hughey - make series is based on theJoe Dante1989 dark comedy of the same name save byDana Olsenthat starredTom Hanks , Bruce Dern , andCarrie Fisher . The Peacock series logline reads , " specify in present - day suburbia , ' The ' Burbs ' follows a untried couple ( Palmer , Whitehall ) who have reluctantly relocated to the husband ’s childhood menage . Their universe is upended when a fresh neighbor act in across the street , fetch old secrets of the cul - First State - sac to light , and new deadly threat shatter the head game of their hushed little neighborhood . "
Peacock’s ‘The ‘Burbs’ TV Adaptation Details
join Hughey as executive producers areNzingha Stewart(who will also direct the first sequence ) , Palmer , Seth MacFarlane , Erica Huggins , andAimee Carlson(for Fuzzy Door);Brian Grazer(via Imagine Entertainment),Kristen Zolner , Natalie Berkus , Rachel Shukert , Amy Aniobi , Zora Bikangaga , Neil Reynolds , and Olsen . The plot of the original 1989 Universal film followed an overstressed suburbanite , Ray Peterson ( Hanks ) , and his neighbors are convinced that the young family on the block is part of a murderous infernal cultus . The film was a modest winner at the box office garnering cultus status .
InLee Pfeiffer’sThe Films of Tom Hanks , Olsen withdraw his inspiration for the film , " I had an ultranormal middle - form nurture , but our town had its share of psychos . There was a legendary tomahawk murder in the thirties , and every once in a while , you ’d pick up the local theme and register something like ' LIBRARIAN KILLS FAMILY , SELF . ' As a kid , it was captivating to think that Mr. Flanagan down the street could plow out to be Jack the Ripper . And where there ’s fear , there ’s comedy . So I approached The ' Burbs as Ozzie and Harriet meet Charles Manson . " WhileThe ' Burbshas been picked up to series in September 2024 , there has n’t been a escort foretell for release , according toVariety .
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