When Rob Zombie is making a new movie, he tends to fill his social media accounts with updates on the project, and that's exactly what he's doing as he prepares to go into production on The Munsters, a film based on the classic sitcom from the 1960s (buy it HERE). He has shown the blueprint for an exact replica of the Munsters' house, given his followers a look at costume designs for Herman and Lily Munsters' sleepwear, confirmed that horror host character Zombo will be in the movie, and more. Now he has revealed the wig that will be worn by the actor playing Grandpa.
Judging by this image, Grandpa is going to be a little hairier than he used to be, sporting some whispy mutton chops that the character didn't have back in the day.
Zombie hasn't revealed the plot of his take on The Munsters yet, but we do know that the story will require some filming at locations in Budapest.
The original iteration of The Munsters ran for two seasons, from September 1964 to May 1966, and consisted of 70 episodes. The series
starred Fred Gwynne as Frankenstein's monster and head-of-the-household Herman Munster; Yvonne De Carlo as his wife Lily Munster; Al Lewis as Lily's father, Grandpa, the somewhat over-the-hill vampire Count Dracula who longs for the "good old days" in Transylvania; Beverley Owen (later replaced by Pat Priest) as their teenage niece Marilyn Munster, who was attractive by conventional standards but the "ugly duckling" of the family; and Butch Patrick as their werewolfish son Eddie Munster.
The cast for Zombie's film has not been confirmed, but the rumor is that Jeff Daniel Phillips and Sheri Moon Zombie will be playing Herman and Lily Munster, and they'll be joined in the cast by Daniel Roebuck, Jorge Garcia, Richard Brake, Cassandra "Elvira" Peterson, and Sylvester McCoy.
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