FX is moving ahead with Very Young Frankenstein , giving the project a pilot order and casting six actors in the comedy based on Mel Brooks ’ Young Frankenstein .

Zach Galifianakis , Dolly Wells , Spencer House, Nikki Crawford, Kumail Nanjiani and Cary Elwes will star in the pilot, which FX began developing in June. Details on the characters they’ll be playing are under wraps for the moment.

Brooks is an executive producer of Very Young Frankenstein along with writer Stefani Robinson and director Taika Waititi, both alumni of FX’s What We Do in the Shadows . Garrett Basch (also a WWDITS veteran), Brooks’ producing partner Kevin Salter and Michael Gruskoff, who produced Young Frankenstein , are also EPs.

More to come.

FX is moving ahead with Very Young Frank

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