It has been announced that Fox is developing a drama series inspired by Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein mythology. The show titled, Frankenstein will be written and executive produced by Howard Gordon and Rand Ravich and has a put pilot commitment from the network.
Described as a grounded sci-fi drama, Frankenstein brings Gordon back to his genre roots of The X-Files, Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Angel. Taking inspiration from the basic Mary Shelley mythology of a man brought back to life by scientists playing god, Frankenstein centers on Adam Tremble, a morally corrupt FBI agent who is given a second chance at life when he is brought back from the dead. Now younger and stronger, Tremble will have to choose between his old temptations and his new sense of purpose — dealing with threats beyond the FBI’s capabilities. All the while navigating the complicated relationship with his “creators”: an antisocial Internet billionaire and his bio-engineer twin sister.
20th TV and Howard Gordon’s Teakwood Lane Prods. will produce with Hugh Fitzpatrick serving as co-executive producer.
More on this as it gets released.
Source: Deadline
