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Initially reluctant to embrace his family's macabre legacy, Frederick finds himself drawn to his grandfather's work when he inherits his Transylvanian estate. Accompanied by his quirky sidekick ...
I can tell you what Mel Brooks is doing for Halloween: re-animating his Broadway musical “Young Frankenstein.” Brooks, along with co-writer Tom Meehan and director Susan Stroman, has taken a ...
More than 40 years after "Young Frankenstein" premiered, director Mel Brooks is out with a book about the making of his monster hit.
LOS ANGELES — Mel Brooks introduced one of the funniest movies ever made, Young Frankenstein, on Wednesday night.But the director couldn't hold back tears. Brooks paid homage to Gene Wilder, the ...
And after 15 months on Broadway, “The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein” launched its national tour this week at the Pantages Theatre, where it’s running through Aug. 15.
In the end, Young Frankenstein wound up being Mel Brooks’ second film of 1974, arriving in December nine months after. Blazing Saddles. Both of the films wound up with Academy Award nominations ...
ABC's newest primetime musical event heads to the lab, when it airs a live performance of Mel Brooks' "Young Frankenstein." ABC made the announcement during the TCA Winter Press Tour in Pasadena ...
Brooks is said to have given the project, Very Young Frankenstein, his blessing and will executive produce with a trio of creatives from FX’s What We Do In The Shadows: Stefani Robinson, who ...
Mel Brooks recalls ordering $1,000 of handkerchiefs for the 'Young Frankenstein' crew to keep them from laughing out loud — Dave McNary (@Variety_DMcNary) September 10, 2014 Brooks and Leachman ...
After immortalizing a joke in the cement at the TCL Chinese Theatre — with an extra finger on his left hand — Mel Brooks was in his usual feisty form Tuesday night at the Academy of Motion ...