Keke Palmer To Star in Remake of ’80s Tom Hanks Cult Classic The ‘Burbs for Peacock
Actress Keke Palmer will headline a new television adaptation of the 1989 cult film “Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie” for Peacock. Originally directed by Joe Dante, the horror-comedy featured Tom Hanks and Carrie Fisher and revolved around suburban neighbors who suspected the new family in their neighborhood was involved in a satanic cult. According to Variety, the upcoming series will be filmed on the Universal Studios Hollywood backlot, the same location as the original 1989 movie. Peacock has teamed up with Seth MacFarlane’s (“Family Guy”) production company for this new series, which has been given a straight-to-series order.