As production on writer/director Rob Zombie’s new movie The Munsters continues, Zombie took a moment to share another picture from the set – but unlike previous images that gave us our first looks at characters like Herman Munster, Lily Munster, The Count (a.k.a. Grandpa), Igor, and Dr. Henry Augustus Wolfgang, the latest picture isn’t much of a revelation. In fact, it’s another picture of something we’ve seen before, the Munster Mansion that stands at 1313 Mockingbird Lane. This recreation of the home was built specifically for this movie, on a patch of land in Budapest, Hungary.
It’s a familiar sight, but it’s cool to see anyway.
Rob Zombie’s The Munsters is based on the classic sitcom of the same title, which ran for two seasons, from September 1964 to May 1966, and consisted of 70 episodes. (You can buy the complete series at THIS LINK.) The show
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 new film stars Jeff Daniel Phillips as Herman Munster, Sheri Moon Zombie as Lily Munster, Daniel Roebuck as Grandpa (a.k.a. The Count), Sylvester McCoy as the Munsters’ loyal servant Igor, and Richard Brake as mad scientist Dr. Henry Augustus Wolfgang.
Zombie has previously shared a picture of his director’s chair, 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 Roebuck will be wearing and of Roebuck being measured for Grandpa’s coffin, given an early look at the crafting of Herman’s head, shown off some of the wardrobe, shared pictures of some creature effects, showed the houses being built on Mockingbird Lane, updated on the construction of the Munsters Mansion, teased that Herman will be wearing the leather jacket he wears when racing in the Dragula roadster, revealed Sylvester McCoy‘s Igor look, given us a glimpse of Richard Brake as Dr. Wolfgang, and more.
There have been rumblings that The Munsters will be released through the Peacock streaming service, but that hasn’t been confirmed yet. It also haven’t been confirmed that Cassandra “Elvira” Peterson and Jorge Garcia are in the film, but they were rumored to be involved a while ago.
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