It’s alive! It’s alive! A comedy series based on Mel Brooks’ classic 1974 film Young Frankenstein is nearing a pilot order at FX, Deadline has learned. Brooks is said to have given the project, Very Young Frankenstein,

If there was a flag for the Mel Brooks state of mind, it would carry the words that Blazing Saddles used to tease its sendup of westerns: “Never give a saga an even break.” As the writer/director himself rode the line between paying homage to/cleverly satirizing old Hollywood, his own work has never taken itself too seriously.

According to Deadline, Very Young Frankenstein is a series based on Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein that is approaching a pilot order. Plot details about the show are being kept under wraps at this time, but for those less acquainted with the film, it’s a satire filled with references to classic Frankenstein films.