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"NBC is reportedly on the verge of scrapping its Munsters reboot Mockingbird Lane. The network is said to be unhappy with the pilot produced by Pushing Daisies creator Bryan Fuller - which cost a total of $10m (\u00A36.2m) - according to The Hollywood Reporter.   Mockingbird Lane - which stars Eddie Izzard, Jerry O&amp;#039;Connell and Portia de Rossi - could now air as a one-off Halloween special in either 2012 or 2013. It could also undergo reshoots and be repackaged as a made-for-TV movie for international buyers, be dropped entirely or redeveloped from scratch. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s a fluid situation, but none of the options is ideal, especially considering the promise that this thing had,&amp;quot; a source is quoted as saying. Bryan Fuller - who is also working on a Hannibal Lecter TV series for NBC - recently denied that NBC was close to axing Mockingbird Lane. &amp;quot;[That rumour] was dead wrong,&amp;quot; he wrote on his official Twitter account. &amp;quot;Stay tuned for updates!&amp;quot; The original Munsters starred Fred Gwynne, Al Lewis and Butch Patrick and ran on CBS from September 24, 1964 to May 12, 1966. &amp;gt; Munsters reboot series is &amp;#039;more elegant&amp;#039;, says star Eddie Izzard &amp;gt; Jerry O&amp;#039;Connell on Munsters reboot Mockingbird Lane: &amp;#039;It&amp;#039;s darker&amp;#039; Watch the credits to the original Munsters below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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