Joe Dante’s late ’80s dark comedy favorite The ‘Burbs is getting a TV series adaptation from streamer Peacock, and Variety brings us the latest casting news this afternoon.
Haley Joel Osment (Blink Twice), RJ Cyler (The Harder They Fall), Justin Kirk (“Weeds”), Kyrie McAlpin (Cheaper by the Dozen), Danielle Kennedy (“Narcos”), and Randy Oglesby (“For All Mankind”) have joined the cast as recurring guest stars.
Previously announced, Keke Palmer (Nope), Mark Proksch (“What We Do in the Shadows”), Jack Whitehall (Jungle Cruise), Julia Duffy (“Newhart”), Paula Pell (“Saturday Night Live”), and Kapil Talwalkar (“Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist”) are series regulars.
Celeste Hughey (“Dead to Me,” “High Fidelity”) is adapting Dante’s film for television.
“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.
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.
‘The Burbs’ (1989)