A new take on The Munsters is in the works, but you can expect it to be more on the creepy side than the silly.
Deadline reports today that Universal Content Productions (a division of NBCUniversal) is developing 1313, which is described as "a horror series that plays on the Universal Monsterverse, aka a reimagining of the classic 1964-66 CBS sitcom The Munsters." The title, of course, is a reference to the family's address, 1313 Mockingbird Lane.
What's more interesting, though, is some of the talent behind this in-development series. Namely, horror filmmaker James Wan is developing 1313 through his production company Atomic Monster alongside UCP's Ingrid Bisu and showrunner Lindsey Anderson Beer.
Wan is one of the most prolific directors of the genre, known for creating The Conjuring Universe, as well as co-creating the Saw and Insidious franchises. He has plenty of notable credits beyond horror too, including Furious 7 and DC Studios' Aquaman and its sequel last year. Beer, meanwhile, recently worked on Paramount+ film Pet Sematary: Bloodlines.
The original '60s sitcom was something of a parody of the wholesome family fare of the day, following a family of benign monsters as they went about their average suburban life.
1313 is the third attempt to bring a fresh version of The Munsters to television, with Pushing Daisies and Hannibal creator Bryan Fuller overseeing a reboot in 2012. That project, titled Mockingbird Lane, was ultimately scrapped as a weekly series, although the NBC did air the pricy pilot as a Halloween special. Interestingly enough, Deadline reported at the time that part of the issue was the tricky balance of the "weirdness vs. supernatural vs. family story," per former NBC chief Bob Greenblatt, so we'll have to wait and see how 1313 tackles the same struggle.
NBC took another crack at The Munsters in 2017 with an attempted reboot from Seth Meyers and popular comedy producer Mike Shoemaker attached, although that project never came to fruition. Rob Zombie, meanwhile, brought a feature film version of The Munsters to Netflix in 2022.
There's no word on where 1313 will air if its development is successful, but it'll likely be on one of NBCUniversal's own networks like NBC, Syfy, or USA, or its streaming service Peacock.
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Alex Stedman is a Senior News Editor with IGN, overseeing entertainment reporting. When she's not writing or editing, you can find her reading fantasy novels or playing Dungeons & Dragons.
