Cary Elwes to Play the President in FX’s ‘Very Young Frankenstein’ Pilot

“Very Young Frankenstein,” a comedy series based on Mel Brooks‘ 1973 horror parody Young Frankenstein, has received a pilot order from FX.

Deadline reports that Cary Elwes (Saw, Robin Hood: Men in Tights) is nearing a deal to play the President of the United States in the show.

Brooks is executive producing alongside a trio of creatives from FX’s “What We Do in the Shadows:” Stefani Robinson, who will serve as writer and showrunner; Taika Waititi, who will direct the pilot; and Garrett Basch.

Also executive producing are Brooks’ producing partner Kevin Salter (“History of the World, Part II”) and original Young Frankenstein producer Michael Gruskoff. 20th Television is behind the project.

Plot details are under wraps. In the original film, written by Brooks and star Gene Wilder, an American grandson of the infamous scientist, struggling to prove that his grandfather was not as insane as people believe, discovers the process that reanimates a dead body.

Young Frankenstein is the latest Brooks classic to be revisited in the 2020s. Hulu gave 1981’s History of the World, Part I a sketch comedy sequel series with “History of the World, Part II” in 2023, and a sequel to 1987’s Spaceballs is in the works at Amazon MGM Studios.

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