Scorsese to 'make first TV drama'

Martin Scorsese is reportedly making a US TV drama based on Frankenstein.

A two-hour pilot based on Mary Shelley's classic has been ordered by the USA network and the 61-year-old Hollywood director is expected to produce it.

Frankenstein, which could be made into a series, will be set in modern day Seattle where Dr Victor Frankenstein brings his monster to life thanks to genetic tinkering, reports Teletext.

It will be Scorsese's first foray into small-screen drama and follows his making of a TV documentary series on the blues last year.

Casting begins next week with filming starting in April.

Writer Dean Koontz said: "We're re-imagining the consequences of the tale 200 years later, taking the essence of the story - the eternal battle of good and evil and the arrogance of man."