‘The Frankenstein Code’ Gets New Title From Fox

Rob Kazinsky drama will be known as “Lookinglass” when it launches next year

The Frankenstein Code Fox

Fox has renamed “The Frankenstein Code” — again.

The drama starring Rob Kazinsky (“True Blood”), which was originally called “Frankenstein” in the working-title stage, will now launch next year as “Lookinglass.”

“Lookinglass” follows a disgraced, 75-year-old ex-sheriff whose life ends at the hands of corrupt cops. He’s brought back to life and given a second chance by a pair of young tech scientists — twins Otto (Adhir Kalyan) and Mary (Dilshad Vadsaria) — as a 35-year-old (Kazinsky) with unpredictable near-superhuman abilities.

The scientists’ company name is Lookinglass, hence the appropriate new title.

Producers for the second-chance drama have been steadily distancing themselves from the “Frankenstein” moniker, as the show’s sci-fi, parts-to-person concept is clearly influenced by Mary Shelley‘s novel and its many on-screen adaptations, but otherwise unrelated.

“Lookinglass,” which also stars Tim DeKay, Philip Baker Hall and Ciara Bravo, will premiere in 2016 on Fox.

Comments