The CW has been eager to bring Joel Schumacher’s “The Lost Boys” to the small screen for a few years now, but thus far the project just hasn’t come together as they’ve hoped. Filming took place earlier this year on a new pilot written by Heather Mitchell and directed by Catherine Hardwicke, and we learned back in May that it’s going to be completely re-shot.
Reported by Deadline, all but two actors – Medalion Rahimi and Dakota Shapiro – will be re-cast. Rahimi plays Stella, a new version of Star, while Shapiro (below) is David.
Deadline notes, “The duo will co-star in the new, reworked pilot, which will likely film by the end of the year.”
The cast for the filmed pilot had also included “Everything Sucks!” actor Rio Mangini as Sam, along with Sarah Hay, Del Zamora, Cheyenne Haynes, Haley Tju, Tyler Posey and Kiele Sanchez. Haynes and Tju had been cast in the roles of the Frog Sisters, Liza and Cassie.
“The Lost Boys” is set in sunny seaside Santa Carla, home to a beautiful boardwalk, all the cotton candy you can eat…and a secret underworld of vampires.
After the sudden death of their father, brothers Michael (Posey) and Sam Emerson move to Santa Carla with their mother, Lucy (Sanchez), who hopes to start anew in the town where she grew up. But the brothers soon find themselves being drawn deeper and deeper into the seductive world of Santa Carla’s eternally beautiful and youthful undead.
Heather Mitchell executive produces alongside Rob Thomas, Dan Etheridge, Mike Karz and Bill Bindley. Rebecca Franko and Juliana Janes are on board as producers of the series.
