Set in 1880, “Transylvania” hails from “Fringe” alums and CBS’ “Zoo” team of Jeff Pinkner, Josh Appelbaum, Andre Nemec and Scott Rosenberg.
Written and exec produced by Hugh Sterbakov (Hell and Back), “ ‘Transylvania’ centers on a headstrong young woman searching for her missing father who ventures from Transylvania to New York, where she teams with a wrongfully disgraced Scotland Yard detective. Together, they witness the births of the most famous monsters and villains in history.”
The pilot, picked up to series by CW, is produced by Pinkner, Appelbaum, Nemec and Rosenberg’s CBS Television Studios-based Midnight Radio. The company also recently scored a series order at History for Jeremy Renner-produced period drama Knightfall. THR reports.