We learned last year that The CW‘s already filmed pilot episode for a TV series based on “The Lost Boys” was being completely scrapped and re-tooled, with most roles being recast for an entirely different attempt at getting the project off the ground. And now Deadline brings us word today that the network’s second attempt at a pilot is going forward.
The potential series comes courtesy of Heather Mitchell and Rob Thomas, and the new pilot that’s been given a green light will be directed by Marcos Siega (“Batwoman”).
The original pilot episode, which ended up being directed by Catherine Hardwicke, has been re-written. An entirely new cast will be brought in for this second attempt.
Here’s the plot rundown, last we heard…
“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 and Sam Emerson move to Santa Carla with their mother, Lucy, 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.