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According to Variety, USA has greenlit production on a two hour pilot and four scripts based on the Mary Shelley classic Frankenstein. Legendary director Martin Scorsese, famed horror author Dean Koontz, newly emerging director Marcus Nispel ("The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" remake) and TV producer Tony Krantz ("24", "Felicity") are behind the new weekly show to launch most likely sometime this Fall.
The previously mentioned four scripts won't be greenlit until the pilot starts shooting but things are progressing as if the show will launch. Nispel will helm the pilot which was written by Koontz, the other three are serving as executive producers.
Koontz wrote the project on spec before he pitched it to the networks, both he and Krantz want to keep as much indepedence as possible. Scorsese then came onboard, this being his "first on-air foray into scripted series television". Casting will start next week for a mid-April production start date.
Story wise: "The series picks up in present-day Seattle, where doctor Victor Frankenstein and his creature reside, having survived the past two centuries through the doctor's genetic tinkering. Their story is augmented with that of a female cop and her partner who, through a seemingly standard homicide investigation, unravel the myth of Frankenstein. Skein will have close-ended elements thanks to the cop franchise, which envisions the original Frankenstein monster teaming up with the cops to battle both Dr. Frankenstein and his small army of genetic freaks".
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