After years of back and forth, there is now a new project with the gruesome 60s sitcom family “The Munsters” conditions. According to Deadline rocker / director Rob Zombie (“House of 1000 Corpses“, „The Lords of Salem“, „3 from Hell“) Is about to shoot a film for the NBC streaming service Peacock. The whole thing is produced by Universal 1440 Entertainment.
Rob Zombie announced his Munsters movie on Instagram, where he wrote: “Attention boils and ghouls! (A horror word game with boys and girls, editor’s note) The rumors are true! My next film project is going to be one that I’ve been following for 20 years. THE MUNSTERS! Stay tuned for exciting details as things develop!“
The original series ran as competition to the hit horror comedy “The Addams Family“Between 1964 and 1966 on the US broadcaster CBS. The cast included Fred Gwynne as Frankenstein patriarch Herman Munster, Yvonne De Carlo as the vampire wife Lily Munster, Al Lewis as the grandpa, Butch Patrick as the werewolf son Eddie Munster and Pat Priest as the normal daughter Marilyn Munster Episodes of Beverly Owen took over.
After the sequel series “The Munsters Today“From the 80s people tried again and again to bring the Munsters back onto the screens. In 2012, alluding to the family’s address, Bryan Fuller (Pushing Daisies, Hannibal) produced a serial pilot entitled “Mockingbird Lane“, But this did not lead to a series order. Instead, the serial pilot was shown as a Halloween special. Seth Meyers (“Late Night with Seth Myers“) And series creator Jill Kargman (Odd Mom Out) worked on a reboot that also fizzled out.
Meanwhile, the constantly competing Addams Family continues on Netflix, where daughter Wednesday ordered a series about the university years. An animation film franchise is also running in the cinema at the same time.
The Munsters – The Complete Series (DVD)
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