Rob Zombie has confirmed that he will direct the film adaptation of the famous sitcom The Munsters . The musician revealed that he is writing the script with Universal Studios, fulfilling a long-held dream.
"The rumors are true! My next film project is one I've been working on for 20 years," Rob Zombie said in an Instagram post. Rumors about the musician's new project began circulating online some time ago, gaining momentum in April of this year.
Combining horror and comedy, The Munsters aired in September 1964 in the United States, coming to Brazil a few years later on TV Globo and, later still, on SBT . In 1966, the story received its first film adaptation with Monsters Unleashed.
Rob Zombie already has a long history with cinema, having directed the remakes of Halloween (2007) and Halloween 2 (2009), and the cult horror films House of 1000 Corpses (2003), The Devil's Rejects (2005), The Lords of Salem (2012), 31 (2015) and 3 From Hell (2019).
The cast has not yet been confirmed, but according to information from the websites Murphy's Multivers and Bloody Disgusting , which specialize in cinema and horror films, the new film version of The Munsters will star Sheri Moon Zombie , Rob Zombie's wife, as Lily , and Jeff Daniel Phillips as Herman .
The cast will also include Richard Brake, Dan Roebuck, Jorge Garcia (from the series Lost ) and will feature a special appearance by Cassandra Peterson, Elvira from Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988). More information about the adaptation should be released soon.
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