Conrad Vernon to direct animated 'The Addams Family' movie?

Los Angeles, Oct 14 (PTI) Conrad Vernon has beenreportedly roped in to direct the animated adaptation of "TheAddams Family".Sources confirm to Va...
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Los Angeles, Oct 14 (PTI) Conrad Vernon has beenreportedly roped in to direct the animated adaptation of "TheAddams Family".

Sources confirm to Variety that Verbon is also on boardto produce the film with Gail Berman and Alex Schwartz,principals of production house the Jackal Group.

The Addams Family was brought to life in the form ofsingle-panel gag illustrations by cartoonist Charles Addams,that appeared primarily in the New Yorker magazine.

The story revolved around Gomez and Morticia Addams andtheir children named Wednesday and Pugsley.

Their brood also consisted of Uncle Fester and Grandmama,plus their imposing butler Lurch, the disembodied hand Thingand Cousin Itt.

Their popularity led them to get their own TV show in the1960s, that starred John Astin and Carolyn Jones. It also ledto the creation of an animated series in the early 1970s.

"The Addams Family" was revived, this time in celluloid,in the 1991 film, which starred Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia,and Christina Ricci. PTI RDSRDS.

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