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‘The ‘Burbs’ – Keke Palmer Starring in TV Series Adaptation of Joe Dante’s 1989 Classic

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Joe Dante’s dark comedy favorite The ‘Burbs is headed to the small screen with a TV series adaptation for Peacock, and Keke Palmer (Nope) has been set to star in the series. Variety reports that The ‘Burbs has been ordered straight-to-series by Peacock. Celeste Hughey (“Palm Royale,” “Dead to Me,” “High Fidelity”) is adapting Dante’s […]

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God, I Love This Street: The Brilliance of Joe Dante’s ‘The Burbs’ at 35

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Every town seems to have that one house. The one that children walk by with hushed tones and dare each other to sneak onto the porch or ring the doorbell of. In the movies it’s the Myers House, 1428 Elm (at least in the later movies), or the House on Neibolt Street—usually run down and […]

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