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The CW Orders New Pilot For ‘The Lost Boys’ Series

Last year The CW scrapped the Catherine Hardwicke directed pilot for its new series “The Lost Boys“. This week the network order the new retooled pilot directed by Marcos Siega, who also helmed the pilots for CW’s “The Vampire Diaries” and Batwoman Deadline reports. The new version of the series, based on the 1987 classic, will have an all-new cast and will not feature original Lost Boys cast members Medalion Rahimi and Dakota Shapiro like the first version of the series planned. Rob Thomas, who co-wrote the new script, explained to Deadline the reason for the retooling. “There were scenes that we thought we could do a better job on, so it’s going through a 40% rewrite,” he said. “It’s not a total rewrite.” No cast members have been announced for the pilot as of yet.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Feb 3, 2020

Streaming TV

Sink Your Teeth Into This Update On The Lost Boys Television Series

We reported back in August that The CW was adapting the beloved classic ‘The Lost Boys’ for a new television series. There has been little news since, until today. Rotten Tomatoes talked with Rob Thomas, the new series’ showrunner, at a Television Critics Association panel this past Sunday where he discussed the show. He revealed that the series was being eyed for a seven-season run, each depicting a different decade where the vampires will be the only ones to featured in each. The first season will be set in “1967 Summer of Love Haight-Ashbury”, Thomas said. He also told the site that we might get to see a crossover from the series and the original film. Vampires stay the same age, so those vampires that we meet in the ’80s in the original ‘Lost Boys’ movies could exist in the 1960s version,” Thomas said. “We could run into them there as well. We might not even have to wait until

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jan 9, 2017

Streaming TV

Supernatural Crime Series ‘Criminal Magic’ In Development At The CW

The CW, home to shows like ‘Supernatural’, ‘iZombie’, ‘Arrow’, and ‘The Vampire Diaries’, is capitalizing on viewers’ love for the supernatural and their love for police dramas with a new series titled ‘Criminal Magic’. ‘Criminal Magic’ is now in development from Graham Norris, Danielle Stokdyk, Dan Ethridge and Rob Thomas, the team behind ‘iZombie’, according to Deadline. Described as “The Departed meets “The Vampire Diaries,” is being written/executive produced by Norris. Set in present-day Los Angeles, it revolves around two warring street gangs who fight the cops and each other to corner the market on the most lucrative contraband of all: magic. A young woman hiding spectacular magical powers and an undercover cop must try to survive this glamorous world of speakeasies, crime, and danger.” Rob Thomas who is currently working on ‘The Lost Boys’ series adaption for The CW, will serve as executive producer under the banner of his company Spondooli Productions alongside Ethridge, Stokdyk and Warner Bros. Studios.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Nov 13, 2016

Streaming TV

The CW Adaptating The Lost Boys For New Series

Fans of ‘The Lost Boys’ franchise might be happy to learn that The CW is currently developing a series based on the 1987 cult classic directed by Joel Schumacher. Deadline broke the news that iZombie’s Rob Thomas is both developing and writing the script for the series for The CW, in conjunction with Gulfstream TV an Warner Bros. The series is being planned as a seven season story. It will follow a group of vampires as they live through the triumphs and tribulations over the decades. Each season will be set in a different decade, beginning in San Francisco in the late 1960’s. In ‘The Lost Boy’s’ Film, two brothers and their mother move to a new town and discover it is a safe haven for vampires. The brothers must stick together if they want to save their family and with the help of a few new friends they might stand a chance. There is no word yet who might

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Aug 18, 2016

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