Wayans Brothers Developing 'The Munsters'

[Tuesday, August 24th, 2004]
Keenen Ivory, Marlon and Shawn Wayans have struck a deal to take the 1960s television show The Munsters to the big screen, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Based about a family of friendly monsters who never quite get why people react in terror to them and give it a 21st century makeover.

The deal calls for the three Wayanses to write the screenplay as well as produce. There is a possibility that Keenen Ivory Wayans would direct, though no deal is in the works without a finished script.

The Munsters aired on CBS from 1964-66. The Wayans version will stay true to the original characters, but will place them in a contemporary setting.

Sources said the Wayans came up with the idea to develop a The Munsters redo while in Canada filming their recently released collaboration White Chicks. Coincidentally, the studio also had been tossing around ideas for an update on their The Munsters property, so the brothers polished their take and took it to the studio to pitch it.

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