Keke Palmer goes big along with her return to TV by adapting The Burbs movie right into a show, which has include some onscreen changes.
“I feel just like the last time that I actually did TV was [Scream Queens], which was 10 years ago,” Palmer, 32, exclusively told Us Weekly before The ‘Burbs premiere on Sunday, February 8. “That’s crazy.”
Palmer credited the dark comedy for preparing her for a murder mystery with a big ensemble forged, adding, “It’s so awesome to be surrounded by this great forged. Everybody is so funny and insane in real life and within the show.”
The slasher series, which premiered in 2015, starred an ensemble forged that included Palmer, Emma Roberts, Jamie Lee Curtis, Billie Lourd, Lea Michele, Abigail Breslin and Glen Powell. Throughout the show’s first season, Scream Queens focused on members of the Kappa Kappa Tau sorority that were getting killed off by the mysterious Red Devil killer.
Season 2 shook things up by having the satirical anthology introduce the Green Meanie that targeted a hospital and its staff — which included lots of the forged members from the primary season. Stars comparable to Kirstie Alley, Taylor Lautner, John Stamos and James Earl III rounded out the sophomore season.
The ‘Burbs, meanwhile, is a black comedy that was released in 1989 starring Tom Hanks, Bruce Dern, Carrie Fisher, Rick Ducommun, Corey Feldman, Wendy Schaal, Henry Gibson and Gale Gordon. Peacock’s version follows a newly married couple who relocate to a suburban neighborhood after the birth of their son.
“I’ve lived on a cul-de-sac before, and I enjoy it each time I’ve done it,” Palmer, who has a 3-year-old son, shared with Us. “Once once I was a child and as an adult.”
Palmer’s onscreen costar and love interest Jack Whitehall had a distinct response to filming, telling Us, “It made me think that I just want more exciting neighbors. My neighbors are slightly bit boring and it could be quite nice to have a Paula Pell on my road.”
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While The ‘Burbs pulls from the movie when it got here to mystery in a small town, there have been also attempts to reinvigorate the premise.
“Obviously Seth MacFarlane, Brian Grazer and Celeste Hughey — once they got here to me — they already made this decision to remake one in all these great IPs. So I remember coming to them like, ‘What is that this going to be like?’ I used to be not acquainted with the unique so I needed to dig into that,” Palmer recalled. “Then once I read the script, I used to be really intrigued. Because there’s at all times this thing when the remake happens — especially when it’s centered around not only changing the gender but in addition the background. You’re like, ‘How much does this play into this and is that this cliche? Or on the surface, what is that this story going to be?”
She continued: I knew by the pilot that it was rather a lot more under the surface than I expected. So once I had that first meeting with them, it was this really cool approach where we’re talking about racial tensions, motherhood and being a brand new couple while attempting to make it out of that first phase of getting slightly one. There are strange neighbors and folks that shouldn’t get along. But then because the series goes on you might be using comedy and using the horror genre. There may be just heart on the core, which allows the viewer to go on a journey of understanding things and seeing things otherwise too. That’s the type of work that I really like to do.”
The ‘Burbs is currently streaming on Peacock.