‘Very Young Frankenstein’ Comedy in the Works at FX, Mel Brooks Exec Producing
As a reminder, it’s pronounced “Fronk-en-steen.”
FX is developing a comedy titled Very Young Frankenstein, inspired by Mel Brooks’ 1974 comedy classic Young Frankenstein. Brooks is among the project’s executive producers along with producing partner Kevin Salter and three alumni of FX’s What We Do in the Shadows — Stefani Robinson (who will serve as showrunner should the project move forward), Taika Waititi and Garrett Basch. Disney’s 20th Television is the studio (forerunner 20th Century Fox released the film). Michael Gruskoff, who produced the film, is also an EP.
FX and 20th TV declined comment.
Young Frankenstein was a parody of/homage to classic monster movies, the 1930s Frankenstein films in particular. The cast includes Gene Wilder, Cloris Leachman, Madeline Kahn, Marty Feldman, Kenneth Mars, Teri Garr and Peter Boyle, who played the monster.
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Details of the FX project are being kept quiet for now; Very Young Frankenstein is close to scoring a pilot order at the Disney-owned outlet.
Should it move forward, the show would be the second new project based on one of Brooks’ films. Earlier in June, Amazon MGM Studios announced a 2027 release date for a Spaceballs sequel, with Brooks — who turns 99 on June 28 — reprising his role as Yogurt and original castmembers Bill Pullman, Daphne Zuniga and Rick Moranis also set to return. Keke Palmer, Lewis Pullman (Bill Pullman’s son) and Josh Gad, who’s also a producer, will star.
Very Young Frankenstein continues Robinson’s long working relationship with FX. In addition to What We Do in the Shadows, which ended after six seasons in late 2024, Robinson has worked as a writer and producer on Atlanta, Fargo, Man Seeking Woman and Adults, which debuted last month. Waititi, who co-wrote and co-directed the 2014 film on which What We Do in the Shadows is based, also executive produced FX’s Reservation Dogs. He and Basch collaborated on those two series as well as Max’s Our Flag Means Death, Apple TV+’s Time Bandits and Hulu’s Interior Chinatown.
Deadline first reported the news.
