THE LOST BOYS CW Pilot Sets Principal Cast; TWILIGHT's Catherine Hardwicke Will Direct

THE LOST BOYS CW Pilot Sets Principal Cast; TWILIGHT's Catherine Hardwicke Will Direct

We recently heard about The CW's plans to bring cult classic vampire movie The Lost Boys to the small screen, and now the network has revealed its principal cast members along with the pilot's director...

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By MarkCassidy - Feb 20, 2019 06:02 PM EST
Filed Under: The CW
After initially passing on a small-screen adaptation of '80s horror comedy The Lost Boys back in 2016, The CW recently had had a change of heart, and has now revealed the principal cast of its upcoming pilot.

For the most part, it looks like the main players will mirror the characters from the movie. Tyler Posey (Teen Wolf) will play Michael Emerson, while Kingdom alum Kiele Sanchez has been cast as his mother, Lucy. David the vampire will be played by Dakota Shapiro (Valley of the Boom), and Medalion Rahimi (Still Star-Crossed) will portray Stella, a version of the Star character played by Jami Gertz in the film.

There's no word on who's been cast as Mike's little brother Sam, or The Frogg brothers sisters! Yes, we're hearing that the fan-favorite vampire-hunting duo from the movie will be gender-switched.

Catherine Hardwicke (Twilight, Miss Bala, Thirteen) will helm the pilot episode, which was written by Heather Mitchell. Check out the lengthy synopsis below, and let us know what you think of this news in the comments.

"Still mourning the death of her husband, Lucy (Sanchez) is forced to move back home to Santa Carla — something she’s dreaded since causing a town scandal 27 years ago, when she ditched her boyfriend to run off with another man.

Lucy’s elder son, Michael’s (Posey) plan to attend Columbia Medical school is thrown off by the diagnosis that he shares the same genetic weakness that killed his father. The only thing that consoles him is the friendship he strikes up with Stella (Rahimi), a young woman who runs a concession stand on the Santa Carla boardwalk.

Rahimi’s Stella, carefree and Californian, has an immediate spark with Michael (Posey), but she’s not single: Her boyfriend is the sexy, dangerous and immortal vampire David (Shapiro). And now she’ll have to choose between the living and the undead…
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Jayman627
Jayman627 - 2/20/2019, 6:37 PM
Didn’t CW do Vampire Diaries? Hopefully they don’t just use scrapped scripts from that!😂😂
CurlyBill
CurlyBill - 2/20/2019, 7:01 PM
Frogg sisters ?
elcamino
elcamino - 2/21/2019, 1:14 AM
@CurlyBill - With the other cast I don't see much in them either. I would think they would have learned something from midnight,Texas flop.
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 2/20/2019, 7:15 PM
Wow Tyler Posey? That is awesome, that dude is quite charismatic and energetic, very likeable. From True Alpha werewolf to vampire huh? Okay my interest has risen quite a bit.





But gotta say that the main character's name is pretty much identical to the real Michael Emerson from Lost, Person of Interest and recently Arrow. Talk about a small world!
TheMarxican
TheMarxican - 2/20/2019, 7:20 PM
Have they figured out who is gonna play the greased up sax man yet?

Face2Foot
Face2Foot - 2/20/2019, 7:34 PM
@TheMarxican - that's my only question too
MasterMix
MasterMix - 2/20/2019, 8:37 PM
@TheMarxican @Face2Foot - My money's on Liam Hemsworth
tBHzHomer
tBHzHomer - 2/20/2019, 9:50 PM
@TheMarxican - if they don't cast Sergio Sanchez, aka Sexysaxman, I won't watch it.
Prork
Prork - 2/21/2019, 1:14 AM
@TheMarxican - Jon Hamm
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 2/20/2019, 8:05 PM
OT: Just came across this cool Chinese poster for Alita: Battle Angel
nikgrid
nikgrid - 2/20/2019, 8:29 PM
"or The Frogg brothers sisters! Yes, we're hearing that the fan-favorite vampire-hunting duo from the movie will be gender-switched."

Of course they will.
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 2/20/2019, 9:09 PM
Off-topic: Ming-Na Wen teases the beginning of AoS Season 7's production.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BuINo9NA6vd/?utm_source=ig_embed
L0RDbuckethead
L0RDbuckethead - 2/20/2019, 10:49 PM
Off-topic: @RorMachine @KingPatel

Rumored shortlist for the new Bruce Wayne (no particular order)

Jack O’Connell
Kit Harrington
Nicholas Hoult
Aaron Taylor-Johnson
Richard Madden
Robert Pattinson
Armie Hammer

http://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/another-game-thrones-star-eyed-next-batman/?utm_content=buffer7bc38&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Fekkius
Fekkius - 2/21/2019, 12:45 AM
This could be pretty solid. The old movie felt kinda CW anyways.
BATMANx
BATMANx - 2/21/2019, 12:46 AM
The lost Boys is A Classic I Hope CW doesn't turn it into A love story? Oh wait it's The CW this show is Doomed
Fekkius
Fekkius - 2/21/2019, 12:51 AM
@BATMANx
I mean, Lost Boys kinda was a love story.
Prork
Prork - 2/21/2019, 1:17 AM
What happened to the plans to have the show following David and the other vampires, with each season being set in a different decade eventually ending with an 80s season.
Sounded a lot more interesting than a remake.
ClarkKentLane
ClarkKentLane - 2/21/2019, 2:24 AM
No... "The Lost Boys" with anything related to twilight movie is not a good idea.
David78B
David78B - 2/21/2019, 8:21 AM
As long as the vampires don't sparkle I'll give it a shot.
emeraldtaurus
emeraldtaurus - 2/21/2019, 8:24 AM
Actually really lookin forward to this ....Lost Boys is a classic. It redefined the vampire genre and was a lot of fun to watch aswell. Hopefully the TV show can deliver on the notes that made the original movie a success.
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