( EW.com ) -- TV 's original American horror story is taking another step toward returning to primetime : NBC has ordered a pilot of Bryan Fuller 's remake of the classic TV show `` The Munsters . '' The new version of the half-hour sitcom is bring re-imagined by the `` Pushing Daises '' creator as an hour-long series exploring how the monster house came about , and will have a darker and less campy feel than the black-and-white original . 'Mirror Mirror ' : See new 'Snow White ' trailer . `` The Munsters '' was launched the same year as the rather similar `` Addams Family , '' which goes to show in this season of dueling fairy tale dramas ( `` Grimm , '' `` Once Upon a Time '' ) that networks have n't changed all that much . While Addams was based off Charles Addams ' New Yorker cartoons , the `` Munsters '' patriarch Herman was basically a play on Frankenstein . There 's a couple other projects that could impact `` The Munsters ' '' fate . NBC is also developing a remake of `` Frankenstein '' from `` House '' producers Garrett Lerner and Russel Friend , while Fuller is working on another monstrous project for NBC -- a series version of Thomas Harris ' `` Hannibal Lecter '' novels . Get more EW : Subscribe to the magazine for only 39Â¢ an issue ! There 's no reason why NBC could n't opt to make more than one of these titles , but of these three I 'd most like to see the `` Hannibal '' series ( and bet , as a crime procedural , it would have the best odds for success ) . What do you think -- can a cleverly done monster family show work in 2012 ? See full article at EW.com . CLICK HERE to Try 2 RISK FREE issues of Entertainment Weekly . © 2011 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. All rights reserved .
NBC has ordered a pilot of Bryan Fuller 's remake of the classic TV show `` The Munsters '' The new version of the sitcom is bring re-imagined by the `` Pushing Daises '' creator . The new show will have a darker and less campy feel than the black-and-white original .