The suburbs will be revived as a series starring Keke Palmer, with Seth MacFarlane serving as executive producer. Directed by Joe Dante (Gremlins), the 1989 black comedy follows a stressed-out suburbanite and his neighbors who become convinced that a new, reclusive family in their neighborhood is involved in a murderous satanic cult. Tom Hanks and Carrie Fisher play a couple, and the cast also includes Bruce Dern, Rick Ducommun, Corey Feldman, Wendy Schaal, Henry Gibson, and Gale Gordon.
Now, 35 years later, the film is being remade as a series. According to Deadline, Palmer will star in a remake of the Peacock series. The suburbs. The project is being led by Brian Grazer and Imagine Entertainment, who produced the 1989 film. MacFarlane is also an executive producer alongside Celeste Hughey (Palm Royale, Dead to Me), who is writing the series. Dana Olsen, who wrote the original film’s screenplay and made a cameo appearance, is co-executive producer.
How Peacock’s series “The Suburbanites” updates the 1989 film
The series is set in today’s suburbs
Although it received mixed reviews from critics at the time of its release, The suburbs was a modest box office success in 1989, grossing over $49 million on a mid-range budget of $18 million. Over the years, the film has been released on home media The suburbs has reached a larger audience and achieved cult statusand paved the way for a contemporary remake. While retaining many of the themes and comedic elements that made the original a cult classic, Peacock’s The suburbs The series was also intended to update the material for modern audiences.
The suburbs humorously satirizes suburban life and its sometimes quirky residents and focuses on a family man who suspects that his eccentric new neighbors are hiding something sinister. The remake of the Peacock series will move the action to a modern suburban area and focus on a young couplewith Palmer playing the wife as they move back into the man’s parents’ home. Their peaceful life is disrupted when new neighbors move in next door and old secrets of the cul-de-sac resurface, while dangerous new threats shatter the facade of their quiet community.
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The series is filmed at the same location as the original 1989 film, on the back lot of Universal Studios Hollywood.
While The suburbs Although The 4000 boasts an intriguing premise, a likable cast and solid direction from Dante, critics ultimately found the film’s genre-bending efforts to be a disappointment. With Keke Palmer and a new creative team on board, hopefully Peacock’s series won’t suffer from the same pitfalls. Palmer’s charisma and comedic timing alone are enough to bring a fresh, modern appeal to Peacock’s The suburbs series, while retaining the suburban chaos of the original film.
Source: Deadline
