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Former Shooter star Ryan Phillippe has been tapped as the lead in CBS' drama pilot Alive (fka Frankenstein). Katrina Law (The Oath) and Aaron Staton (Mad Men) are set as co-leads in the project, a modern interpretation of the classic Frankenstein tale in a cop procedural setting. Written/executive produced by Jason…

Saidah Arrika Ekulona (Bull) has been cast as a series regular and Uta Briesewitz (Westworld) has been tapped to direct CBS’ drama pilot Frankenstein, a modern interpretation of the classic tale in a cop procedural setting. Written/executive produced by Jason Tracey and directed/executive produced by Briesewitz, Franke…

EXCLUSIVE: Last year marked the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein but the bookshelf classic isn’t gathering any dust. CBS has just ordered a primetime pilot for Frankenstein from Elementary creator Rob Doherty that is set in present-day San Francisco and features a back-from-the-dead cop as the…

CBS has ordered three more drama pilots: The Republic of Sarah from writer Jeffrey Paul King (Elementary), James Corden’s Fulwell 73, Marc Webb and CBS TV Studios; legal drama Courthouse from writer Greg Spottiswood (Remedy) and Warner Bros. TV; and Frankenstein from writer Jason Tracey, Elementary creator Rob Doherty…

The greatest romance of her life inspired her darkest creation. That’s the tag for the new IFC Films release about Frankenstein author Mary Shelley’s tumultuous life, which has a May 25 theatrical debut in New York and Los Angeles after bowing at the Toronto Film Festival and with a Tribeca Film Festival screening…

Javier Bardem is in negotiations to join Universal’s big-time roster for the studio’s planned classic monsters universe movies. This one is Frankenstein’s monster, and he would join a list that already includes Tom Cruise and Russell Crowe in The Mummy and Johnny Depp as the Invisible Man. The latest news comes amid…

Alchemy has stitched together a deal for U.S. rights to writer-director Bernard Rose’s Frankenstein, following the pic’s world premiere at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival. The horror film won the fest’s top prize, the Golden Raven Award. Produced by Summerstorm Entertainment, the modern adaptation…

Kristin Bauer van Straten (Once Upon A Time, True Blood) has been cast as a series regular in ABC's drama pilot The Kingmakers. Written and executive produced by Sallie Patrick, The Kingmakers, from ABC Studios, centers on Eli (Gus Halper), a young man whose sister Julia is found dead during her freshman year at an…

Dilshad Vadsaria (Revenge) has been cast in a lead role in the Fox pilot Frankenstein, from Rand Ravich, Howard Gordon and 20th TV. Taking inspiration from the basic Mary Shelley mythology of a man brought back to life by scientists playing God, Frankenstein centers on Ray Pritchard (Philip Baker Hall), a morally…

While Collar star Tim DeKay is back playing an FBI agent with an unconventional partner. DeKay is set as a co-lead opposite Rob Kazinsky in the Fox pilot Frankenstein, from Rand Ravich, Howard Gordon and 20th TV. Also cast in the project in a recurring role is veteran character actor Philip Baker Hall, who plays the…

Fox has found its monster. True Blood alumnus Rob Kazinsky has landed the lead role in the Fox pilot Frankenstein, from Rand Ravich and Howard Gordon. Taking inspiration from the basic Mary Shelley mythology of a man brought back to life by scientists playing god, Frankenstein centers on Ray Pritchard (Kazinsky), a…

Rules Of Engagement alum Adhir Kalyan has become the first cast member of Frankenstein, Fox’s drama pilot written and executive produced by Rand Ravich and executive produced by Howard Gordon. Taking inspiration from the basic Mary Shelley mythology of a man brought back to life by scientists playing god, Frankenstein…