Rob Zombie is continuing to keep his social media followers updated on the progress of the film he's going to make based on the classic 1960s sitcom The Munsters (buy it HERE). He has shown the blueprint for an exact replica of the Munsters' house, given us a look at costume designs for Herman and Lily Munster's sleepwear, confirmed that horror host character Zombo will be in the movie, posted a picture of the wig the actor who plays Grandpa will be wearing, and more. Now he has shared an early look at the crafting of Herman Munster's forehead, and the plot of land in Budapest that a recreation of the Munsters' neighborhood on Mockingbird Lane will be built upon. These images can be seen below.
I'm kind of shocked that Univeral is having Zombie rebuild Mockingbird Lane in Hungary instead of just having him dress up the studio backlot, which is where the sitcom was shot. The house that was used as the Munsters' house is still standing there.
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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