(http://stadt.heim.at/berlin/110116/cmb.jpg)
I've read about the rebirth of this project in the "Adventure games in production" thread, where it was locked soon. This game has a crowdfunding page at IndieGogo, just like Kinky Island. It's very heavily inspired by both Maniac Mansion and Day of the Tentacle, but it doesn't use any copyrighted things from those games. Instead, it's a completely different story set in the same universe. It's created by Desperate Studios team, who created their first games in the days of C64 and Amiga. You may check this out for details:
http://crazy-mansion.heimat.eu/ (http://crazy-mansion.heimat.eu/)
http://www.indiegogo.com/CrazyMansion (http://www.indiegogo.com/CrazyMansion)
The GUI design:
(http://stadt.heim.at/berlin/110116/gui1.jpg)