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Portia de Rossi to Play Lily Munster on NBC's Mockingbird Lane

• Jun 12, 2012 10:50 PM ET
• by Natalie Abrams

Portia de Rossi

Portia de Rossi has been cast as Lily Munster in NBC's upcoming Munsters reboot Mockingbird Lane, TVGuide.com has confirmed.

Jerry O'Connell to play Herman Munster in NBC's Mockingbird Lane

The Arrested Development and Better Off Ted alum will play the role of the vampire matriarch made famous by Yvonne De Carlo in the 1960s series. True Blood alum Mariana Klaveno was slated for the role, but... read more

Jerry O'Connell to Play Herman Munster in NBC's Mockingbird Lane

• Jun 5, 2012 10:04 AM ET
• by Sadie Gennis

Jerry O'Connell

Jerry O'Connell has been cast as Herman Munster in NBC's upcoming Munsters reboot Mockingbird Lane, Deadline reports. read more

Mason Cook Cast as Eddie in NBC's Munsters Reboot

• May 24, 2012 10:07 AM ET
• by Lindsay Silberman

Mason Cook

Spy Kids 4 star Mason Cook has been cast as Eddie Munster in the NBC Munsters reboot, Mockingbird Lane, Deadline reports.
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Pilot Season: Munsters Reboot Casts Its Marilyn! Is She "Normal" Enough?

• Mar 30, 2012 07:03 PM ET
• by Hanh Nguyen

Charity Wakefield

Another actor is moving to 1313 Mockingbird Lane.

British actress Charity Wakefield has been cast as Marilyn in NBC's reboot of The Munsters, Deadline reports.

Exclusive: The Munsters back in development at NBC

Pilot Season: Eddie Izzard to Join NBC's Munsters Reboot

• Mar 20, 2012 04:07 PM ET
• by Joyce Eng

Eddie Izzard

The Munsters is alive with Eddie Izzard!

The actor is in final negotiations to star in and produce NBC's reboot of the classic sitcom, now titled Mockingbird Lane, Deadline reports. Izzard will play family patriarch/vampire/shape-shifter Grandpa, who was played by Al Lewis on the original series.

Exclusive: The Munsters back in development at NBC

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NBC Picks Up Munsters Reboot Pilot From Pushing Daisies Creator

• Nov 16, 2011 08:19 PM ET
• by Hanh Nguyen

The Munsters

It's alive! The Munsters pilot is alive (at NBC)!

The network has green-lighted a reinvention of the classic monster family comedy The Munsters, it was announced Wednesday.

Exclusive: The Munsters back in development at NBC

Despite Failures, Networks Attempt More Series Reboots

• Nov 9, 2011 11:02 AM ET
• by Michael Schneider

Larry Hagman

ABC's Charlie's Angels redux didn't work, and NBC's new take on Wonder Woman never even made it to air. But just like the feature film world — where everything from Footloose to Conan the Barbarian has been recently updated — TV execs continue to mine the vaults in search of more classic titles to reboot.

NBC and Pushing Daisies Creator Team Up to Bring Hannibal Lecter to the Small Screen

• Nov 7, 2011 06:59 PM ET
• by Kate Stanhope

Anthony Hopkins

NBC is working with Pushing Daisies creator Bryan Fuller on a potential Hannibal TV series, Deadline reports.

Fuller is developing a script based on The Silence of the Lambs character Hannibal Lecter played by Anthony Hopkins. If NBC executives like the script, the project would skip... read more

Exclusive: The Munsters Back in Development at NBC

• Aug 11, 2011 10:34 AM ET
• by Michael Schneider

The Munsters

Pushing Daisies creator Bryan Fuller is taking another stab at developing a remake of The Munsters at NBC.

Fuller has met with NBC executives in recent weeks ...
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Seinfeld's "Uncle Leo" Len Lesser Dies at 88

• Feb 16, 2011 09:34 PM ET
• by Hanh Nguyen

Len Lesser, best known for playing Jerry Seinfeld's beloved Uncle Leo on Seinfeld, has died. He was 88.

The veteran character actor died on Wednesday from pneumonia related to cancer. He was surrounded by friends and family in his Burbank, Calif., home at the time of his passing.