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"Bryan Fuller has denied reports that his Munsters TV reboot has been axed. News site Deadline claimed on Monday (October 1) that Mockingbird Lane was unlikely to receive a series order.   However, Fuller took to Twitter to deny the report, writing: &amp;quot;NBC just informed me the Deadline article regarding Mockingbird Lane was Dead Wrong. Stay tuned for updates!&amp;quot; The Mockingbird Lane pilot starred Eddie Izzard as Grandpa, Jerry O&amp;#039;Connell as Herman Munster and Portia de Rossi as his wife Lily. Bryan Singer (The Usual Suspects, X-Men) joined the project in November 2011 as director and producer. Star O&amp;#039;Connell has described the reinvention as &amp;quot;darker&amp;quot; than the original Munsters, while Izzard has called Mockingbird Lane &amp;quot;more elegant&amp;quot; than the &amp;#039;60s series, citing the show&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;twisted-dramatic&amp;quot; tone. &amp;gt; Donnie Darko Beth Grant cast in Munsters reboot &amp;#039;Mockingbird Lane&amp;#039; &amp;gt; 30 Rock star Cheyenne Jackson joins Mockingbird Lane Watch the opening to the original Munsters below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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