THE LOST BOYS Pilot Episode Ordered by The CW

"Sleep all day. Party all night. Never grow old. Never die. It's fun to be a vampire." Back in 2016, it was reported that The CW was developing a TV series based on The Lost Boys, the beloved 1987 horror comedy about boardwalk bloodsuckers and young vampire hunters. While the news front on the project has been quiet over the past couple of years, it's now been revealed that The CW has ordered a pilot episode of the potential The Lost Boys series, in addition to pilot episodes for three other projects.

Deadline reports that The CW has ordered a Lost Boys pilot episode written by Heather Mitchell (Grey's Anatomy, Scandal). Rob Thomas (iZombie and Veronica Mars) had previously been developing The Lost Boys series, and he'll serve as executive producer alongside Mitchell, Dan Etheridge, Mike Karz, and Bill Bindley, with Rebecca Franko on board as a producer.

According to the logline shared by Deadline, the new series will have a similar plot to the movie:

"Welcome to 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, two brothers move to Santa Carla with their mother, who hopes to start anew in the town where she grew up. But the brothers find themselves drawn deeper and deeper into the seductive world of Santa Carla’s eternally beautiful and youthful undead."

The original movie features a star-studded cast that includes Jason Patric, Dianne Wiest, Kiefer Sutherland, Jami Gertz, Corey Feldman, Jamison Newlander, Billy Wirth, Alex Winter, and Chance Michael Corbitt, as well as the late Corey Haim, Edward Herrmann, Brooke McCarter, and Barnard Hughes.

Years after the original movie came out, two sequels—Lost Boys: The Tribe (2008) and Lost Boys: The Thirst (2010)—were released on home video.

Casting news for The Lost Boys pilot episode has yet to be revealed, and before it becomes a full series, we'll have to wait and see if it gets the green light to move forward beyond the pilot stage.

In addition to The Lost Boys, The CW also ordered pilot episodes for the Riverdale spinoff Katy Keene (based on the Archie Comics character), a Nancy Drew show (based on the mystery book series), and the Jane the Virgin spinoff Jane the Novela.

According to Deadline, the pilot episode for the untitled Nancy Drew series will include "a ghostly murder investigation":

"Set in the summer after her high school graduation,18-year-old Nancy Drew thought she’d be leaving her hometown for college, but when a family tragedy holds her back another year, she finds herself embroiled in a ghostly murder investigation — and along the way, uncovers secrets that run deeper than she ever imagined."

Co-written by Michael Grassi and Robert Aguirre-Sacasa (the developer of Riverdale and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina), Katy Keene has the following logline (via Deadline):

"A Riverdale spinoff, KATY KEENE follows the lives and loves of four iconic Archie Comics characters — including fashion legend-to-be Katy Keene — as they chase their twenty-something dreams in New York City. This musical dramedy chronicles the origins and struggles of four aspiring artists trying to make it on Broadway, on the runway and in the recording studio."

It doesn't sound like Katy Keene will have as much of a horror-themed narrative as Riverdale or Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, but with it being set in the same world as both series, you never know what eerie events might occur. Time will tell which projects are ordered to full series, and we'll be sure to keep Daily Dead readers updated on future details!