For a man approaching 100 years of age, comedy legend Mel Brooks is on a roll lately. First, he’s returning as his character Yogurt in a sequel to Spaceballs, his 1987 Star Wars parody film. And now, according to Deadline, he’s executive producing a TV version of his iconic 1974 comedy Young Frankenstein. The new FX pilot is called (what else?) Very Young Frankenstein. But here’s what should excite fans the most. Producing the pilot are What We Do in the Shadows‘ Stefani Robinson, serving as writer and showrunner, Taika Waititi as pilot director, and Garrett Basch. If Very Young Frankenstein is anywhere near as good as What We Do in the Shadows, we’re in for a treat.
What do we know about this series other than who the creatives involved are? Not much. With a name like Very Young Frankenstein, it could just be a prequel to Young Frankenstein. Although that doesn’t sound nearly as fun. You wouldn’t have the monster or other elements people love about the film. As the report suggests, they could take a cue from What We Do in the Shadows when Colin Robinson de-aged into a baby. More likely though, this show will focus on the son or grandson of Gene Wilder’s version of Dr. Frankenstein. They probably won’t live in castle, but somewhere comparable to the Staten Island home of the vampires in What We Do in the Shadows.
We also wonder if they will shoot the series in black and white, like the original Young Frankenstein. Although it would be a real shock if FX allowed a full series not in color. But it would be fun to keep the old Universal Monsters vintage aesthetic. This order is just for a pilot episode at the moment. But with the pedigree of everyone involved, we’d be genuinely surprised if it didn’t go to series. Now, is there any way that Nandor, Nadja, Laszlo, Colin Robinson, and Guillermo from What We Do in the Shadows can appear? Because we miss all of them already. And we’re dying to hear Matt Berry pronounce the name “Frankenstein.”
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