The CW has found most of its lead cast for its adaptation of 1987’s The Lost Boys. The series, which received a pilot order a few weeks ago, has cast Tyler Posey as one of the main leads and has also filled other key roles along with finding a director to helm the pilot.
Tyler Posey will be playing Michael Emerson in the pilot, a role originated by Jason Patric in the feature film. Written by Heather Mitchell, 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 (Posey) 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…
The role of Lucy, originally played by Dianne Wiest, has also been cast. Kiele Sanchez, best known for her role on Kingdom, will be playing the mom to Posey’s Michael and the yet to be cast, Sam. 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.
Another key role cast is that of David, originally taken on by Kiefer Sutherland. Dakota Shapiro, of Valley of the Boom, will play the dangerous and immortal vampire David, who is sometimes scary and always intense. The leader of a vampire gang, he’s wildly in love with Stella, who’s the only one who can control him. The role of Stella is similar to the role of Star played by Jami Gertz in the film. Medalion Rahimi, previously of Still Star-Crossed, takes on the role of Stella, a carefree Californian who has an immediate spark with Michael, but she’s not single and is currently dating David.
Catherine Hardwicke has been chosen to direct the pilot of the potential CW series. The job marks a return to the vampire genre after helming the first movie in the Twilight saga. In TV, she has directed episodes of This is Us, Hell on Wheels, Low Winter Sun and the pilots Reckless and Eyewitness. In film, she recently directed Miss Bala starring Gina Rodriguez.
For Tyler Posey, this marks the second lead role in a TV series based on a popular supernatural movie. He starred as Scott McCall on MTV’s Teen Wolf for several seasons. He recently starred in the Blumhouse/Universal thriller Truth or Dare opposite Lucy Hale and will be seen recurring on the upcoming Starz comedy series Now Apocalypse from Gregg Araki and Steven Soderbergh.
