The Munsters Movie Set Photo Shows Rob Zombie With Cast

The Munsters reboot’s director Rob Zombie posts a picture with him and the principal cast during a day off from shooting. The cast features Jeff Daniel Phillips, Sheri Moon Zombie, and Dan Roebuck, taking on the roles of the Munster family, a family of benign monsters who deal with everyday problems. Sylvester McCoy has also been cast in the movie as Igor, a new character to the franchise. This adaptation is just one of many attempts to bring The Munsters to a modern audience.

The Munsters is based on the 1960s sitcom of the same name, where the titular Munsters would deal with the problems facing the average American family, in a satire of suburban American and classic Hollywood monster movies, in the vein of Frankenstein and Dracula. The film is set to be a reboot of the old series, with Zombie recreating the original The Munsters house for shooting. The film is to be released in theaters as well as streaming through Peacock in the fall of 2022.

Zombie posts a photo of himself with Phillips, Roebuck, McCoy, and his wife Sheri Moon Zombie during lunch on a day off from shooting the movie in Hungary. The photo is in black and white, keeping with most of the social media posts Zombie has made about the movie, possibly as a reference to classic Hollywood movies, or a way of indicating the film will be in black and white. All the actors have extensively collaborated with Zombie before, with the exception of McCoy, previously known for his work as Radagast the Brown in The Hobbit film series. Check out the post below:

Zombie, known for his work in the horror genre, may have initially been an odd choice for The Munsters reboot. Zombie’s work is characterized by its high amounts of gore, most notably in House of 1000Corpses and The Devil’s Rejects. Though similar to Eli Roth, a horror director who found success in the kid-friendly The House With A Clock In Its Walls, Zombie could channel his love for horror into a much tamer package, allowing his passion for the genre to reach a wider audience.

The Munsters left a legacy on television, along with The Addams Family, that sitcoms could have a much more macabre tone and still be suitable for a large audience. This realization contributed to the sitcom as a medium, showing that audiences were no longer interested in the bland Leave It To Beaver depiction of home life that emerged in the 1950s. With so many failed reboot attempts, The Munsters will finally reach a modern audience, and hopefully Zombie’s passion for the material will make it a reboot worth celebrating.

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