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CW’s “The Lost Boys” Pilot Finds Vampire Lead and New Michael!
Branden Cook (“Industry”), Lincoln Younes (“Grand Hotel”) and Ruby Cruz (“Castle Rock”) have been cast as leads in “The Lost Boys”, the CW’s retooled pilot based on the 1987 Warner Bros. movie, reports Deadline.
In “The Lost Boys”, when a mother and her gen z sons, one played by Cook, pictured below, move to the seaside town where she grew up, they discover there’s a sinister reason the local cool kids sleep all day, party all night, never grow up and never get old. Family bonds are tested as the brothers find themselves on opposite sides of a mythological struggle.
- Cook plays Garrett, the older of the two brothers, who have moved with their mom to the North Carolina seaside community. The site notes that he is a version of the Michael character in the movie, which was played by Jason Patric.
- Younes, above, plays Benjamin, the charismatic leader of the gang of vampires in the North Carolina seaside town. It is a version of the David character played in the movie by Kiefer Sutherland.
- Cruz plays Elsie, a version of Jami Gertz’s character Star in the movie, who she sparks with the new guy in town, Garrett (Cook).
The series is written by Heather Mitchell & Rob Thomas and will be directed by Marcos Siega.
A lonely Carrie White seeks friendship and answers in the first teaser for Carrie, a brand new adaptation of Stephen King’s classic story from horror master Mike Flanagan.
Along with the new teaser comes the announcement that the eight-episode limited series premieres on Prime Video on October 7.
The series follows misfit high‑schooler Carrie White (Summer H. Howell), who has spent her life hidden away inside the walls of her home with her fiercely protective mother, Margaret (Samantha Sloyan). After her father’s sudden, untimely death thrusts her into the unforgiving ecosystem of public high school, Carrie is forced to navigate a viral bullying scandal that tears through her community, the relentless pressure and casual cruelty of the social‑media age, and the awakening of mysterious telekinetic powers that rise alongside her adolescence.
Carrie is written and executive produced by showrunner Mike Flanagan (Midnight Mass, The Haunting of Hill House) with Flanagan also directing four episodes. Stephen King also serves as executive producer.
Also starring in the series are Siena Agudong as Sue Snell, Alison Thornton as Chris Hargensen, Joel Oulette as Tommy Ross, Josie Tota as Tina, Arthur Conti as Billy, Thalia Dudek as Emaline, Amber Midthunder as Miss Desjardin, and Matthew Lillard as Principal Grayle.
Each of the show’s episodes will apparently open with the introduction of “a different, unique story of a different woman, somewhere else in the world and in time, coming to terms with their own abilities.” Flanagan teased, “Carrie’s specific place among that group of women is part of the real joy that we get to discover over the course of the season.”
Expect Flanagan to expand King’s story in unexpected ways, using a modern lens.
Also check out the new poster below, giving a peek at Carrie in her prom queen tiara.
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