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Comedy series Very Young Frankenstein in development at FX

FX is developing a comedy series titled Very Young Frankenstein, inspired by Mel Brooks' iconic 1974 comedy film Young Frankenstein.

Mel Brooks himself will executive produce the project, along with his longtime producer Kevin Salter and three collaborators from FX hit What We Do in the Shadows: Stefani Robinson (who will serve as showrunner if the series goes forward), Taika Waititi and Garrett Basch.

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Young Frankenstein was both a parody and homage to classic monster movies, particularly the Frankenstein films of the 1930s. The original cast included Gene Wilder, Cloris Leachman, Madeline Kahn, Marty Feldman, Kenneth Mars, Teri Garr, and Peter Boyle as the monster.

No details have been released about the plot of Very Young Frankenstein. However, the series is set to receive a pilot order from FX, which is part of Disney.

If the project goes ahead, it would be the second new production based on a Mel Brooks film. Earlier this month, Amazon MGM Studios announced a sequel to Spaceballs , scheduled for release in 2027. Brooks, who turns 99 on June 28, will return as Yogurt, along with original cast members Bill Pullman, Daphne Zuniga, and Rick Moranis. Keke Palmer, Lewis Pullman (son of Bill Pullman) and Josh Gad — who also serves as a producer — star.

Very Young Frankenstein marks a further deepening of Stefani Robinson’s long-standing collaboration with FX. In addition to What We Do in the Shadows, she previously served as a writer and producer on Atlanta, Fargo, Man Seeking Woman and Adults, which premiered last month. Taika Waititi, who co-wrote and directed the film version of What We Do in the Shadows, also served as an executive producer on FX’s Reservation Dogs. Waititi and Garrett Basch also worked together on Our Flag Means Death (HBO Max), Time Bandits (Apple TV+) and Interior Chinatown (Hulu).

With Very Young Frankenstein, FX seems to be aiming for a modern, comedic reinterpretation of Brooks’ classic humor, in the spirit of previous successful genre parodies like What We Do in the Shadows.