Overview

• Deadline reports the pilot order and Elwes’ casting status, with sources indicating he would portray the U.S. president.
• FX and 20th Television declined to comment, and plot details remain under wraps.
• Mel Brooks serves as executive producer alongside Robinson, Waititi, Garrett Basch, Kevin Salter, and original film producer Michael Gruskoff.
• The series is inspired by Young Frankenstein, continuing recent revivals of Brooks’ properties for television and film.
• The pilot would reunite Elwes with Brooks after their collaboration on Robin Hood: Men in Tights.