The CW’s THE LOST BOYS Series on Hold Yet Again
Mike Sprague
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The CW’s rebooted The Lost Boys pilot had begun filming before COVID-19 shut everything down. But that doesn’t look like it helped it out much in the long run.
In fact, today we have word via ComicBook.com that the series is being “rolled” which likely means The CW will re-evaluate its potential series for next season.
Sigh. We’ll let you know when we hear more.
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This series had already snagged its main cast with Branden Cook (Industry), Lincoln Younes (Grand Hotel), and Ruby Cruz (Castle Rock). Cook plays Garrett, a version of Jason Patric’s Michael from the original movie with Younes as Benjamin (a version of Kiefer Sutherland’s David), and Cruz plays Elsie (Jami Gertz’s Star).
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The Vampire Diaries director Marcos Siega helms the new pilot while executive producer Rob Thomas co-writes the reworked script with Heather Mitchell.
Mitchell, Siega, and Thomas executive produce alongside Dan Etheridge, Mike Karz, and Bill Bindley. Rebecca Franko and Juliana Janes serve as producers.
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Based on Joel Schumacher’s classic vampire flick, this CW version will center on a mother and her Gen Z sons who move to the seaside town where she grew up and 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.
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