FX is heading to Transylvania with a sequence order for Very Young Frankenstein.
The comedy, primarily based on Mel Brooks’ traditional Younger Frankenstein, has been in development for almost a yr and received a pilot order final September. Brooks is an government producer of the sequence, which is able to star Zach Galifianakis, Dolly Wells and Spencer Home. FX and Hulu will carry Very Younger Frankenstein.
Stefani Robinson (Atlanta, What We Do within the Shadows), who wrote the pilot, and Taika Waititi, who directed, will government produce Very Younger Frankenstein with Garrett Basch, Brooks and his producing associate Kevin Salter, and Younger Frankenstein producer Michael Gruskoff. twentieth Tv is the studio.
“Very Young Frankenstein blends inspiration from the fan-favorite movie with the inventive, irreverent spirit that has defined FX comedies over the years, making this a completely original take on the classic story,” mentioned FX Leisure president Nick Grad. “In the hands of FX veterans Stefani, Taika and Garrett, alongside the iconic Mel Brooks, we know that fans will have as much fun watching this series as we’re having making it.”
Particulars on the story of Very Younger Frankenstein are scant. The title implies that it will likely be set earlier than the 1974 movie, wherein Frederick Frankenstein (pronounced Fronk-en-steen), performed by Gene Wilder, is lured again to Transylvania and picks up his grandfather Victor’s experiments with re-animating the lifeless. Together with Galifianakis, Wells and Home, Kumail Nanjiani, Nikki Crawford and Cary Elwes additionally had been solid within the pilot.
Younger Frankenstein, a loving parody of Nineteen Thirties monster motion pictures, additionally starred Marty Feldman, Cloris Leachman, Teri Garr, Peter Boyle, Madeline Kahn and Kenneth Mars. Brooks directed the movie, which he co-wrote with Wilder.
