TNT has agreed to develop a new television drama series based on the five Frankenstein novels by hugely successful author Dean Koontz, which have sold more than 20 million copies between them. The father and son team of James V. Hart (Bram Stoker's Dracula, Hook) and Jake Hart will be tasked with writing the series, with James Hart having also previously produced Kenneth Branagh's 1994 feature film adaptation. According to Deadline, "the story will be a modern-day reworking of the classic Frankenstein mythology. It is set in present-day New Orleans and follows Victor Helios (Frankenstein) and his creation 200 years after they thought they killed each other in a battle in the Arctic. The creature has survived, and Victor has used science to keep himself alive – and they’re now in the same city unbeknownst to each other. Victor has engineered a new race of bizarre beings who answer to him, and when the creature learns that Victor is alive, an epic war ensues built on 200 years of pent-up rage, with New Orleans caught in the middle".
This sounds like an intriguing interpretation of the Frankenstein story and with Dean Koontz on board as executive producer, this will certainly be one to watch in the future.
