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Teasers for Rob Zombie’s The Munsters, Tim Burton’s Wednesday Addams

The Addams Family and The Munsters debuted on TV within a week of each other in 1964, both running until Spring 1966, and now the monster comedies are each returning to our screens. This week, we got teasers for both projects.

The Munsters film, directed by Rob Zombie, stars Jeff Daniel Phillips as Herman Munster, Sheri Moon Zombie as Lily Munster, and Daniel Roebuck as Grandpa. Although a release date has not been announced, Zombie unveiled a glimpse of the project that riffs off the original series’ opening black-and-white credits before promising the Munsters are now “in living color.” Expect this one sometime later this year.

Meanwhile, Netflix unveiled a first look at its Wednesday series, set in the world of The Addams Family. The eight-episode series is directed and produced by Tim Burton, and stars Jenna Ortega as a teenage Wednesday, Luis Guzmán as Gomez Addams, and Catherine Zeta-Jones as Morticia Addams. Christina Ricci, who famously played Wednesday in the 1991 and ‘93 live-action films, will play a yet-unnamed new character.

The series is set in Nevermore Academy and the plot will follow Wednesday as she “attempts to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart a monstrous killing spree that has terrorized the local town, and solve the supernatural mystery that embroiled her parents 25 years ago — all while navigating her new and very tangled relationships at Nevermore.”

Ooh, snap. That sounds mysterious and spooky/ooky/kooky.

E.T. Turns 40

Break out the Reese’s Pieces because E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial turns 40 on June 11. The Steven Spielberg-directed sci-fi family film debuted in 1982, and overtook Star Wars as the highest grossing film of all time (until Spielberg’s Jurassic Park took the top spot in 1993), making almost $800 million at the box office. The film about a boy and a friendly alien remains iconic, and both “Phone Home” and the image of Elliot and E.T. flying on a bike across the moon are instantly recognizable elements of pop culture.