And we thought Frankenhooker was the most bonkers (but utterly brilliant!) thing you could do with the classic Frankenstein tale. In a case of “hold my beer”, CBS is going one better.

Courtesy of Entertainment Weekly, the network is putting a new twist on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein by reimagining the story as a modern-day cop drama. As in, Frankenstein’s Monster will now be a homicide detective tasked with taking down no-good criminals.

In terms of what we know so far, the famed monster will be mysteriously brought back from the dead after being killed in the line of duty. The person behind his return from the grave? Why, that’d be a certain Victor Frankenstein. All is not as it seems upon this resurrection, however, for the cop-cum-monster and his wife begin to notice that something is not quite right.

Burn Notice’s Jason Tracey is penning the pilot, with his previous credits also including Elementary; CBS’s modern-day retelling of Sherlock Holmes.

As ever, expect more on this as we get it.