Between Nosferatu and Wolf Man, it feels like Hollywood has come back around on good, old fashioned monster movies. And it seems like Peacock wants in on the action with a feature-length reboot of the long-dead Grimm series.
NBC’s Grimm series is being reborn as a Peacock movie
Grimm’s original showrunners have signed on to executive produce the new reboot film.
Grimm’s original showrunners have signed on to executive produce the new reboot film.
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Variety reports that Peacock is moving forward with a new film based on Grimm, Stephen Carpenter, Jim Kouf, and David Greenwalt’s 2011 series about a Portland cop who discovers that he’s one of the chosen few meant to defend humanity from monsters. Josh Berman (Drop Dead Diva) is attached to write the movie as well as co-executive produce with Kouf and Greenwalt.
In its original run, Grimm ran for six seasons that saw Detective Nick Burkhardt (David Giuntoli) become a formidable Grimm (the show’s lingo for monster hunters) alongside his human partner Hank Griffin (Russell Hornsby) and werewolf ally Munroe (Silas Weir Mitchell). Peacock has yet to announce details about the movie’s plot or whether any members of Grimm’s original cast members might return. But given that this isn’t the first time NBC has flirted with the idea of resurrecting the IP, it feels pretty safe to say this time around, Grimm’s definitely coming back to the small screen.
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