With its biggest vampire hit, The Vampire Diaries, premiering its final season on October 21st, The CW Network was looking for another vampire-themed series to take its place.  Picking up The Lost Boys, a series adaptation of the iconic 1987 Warner Bros horror comedy movie, from Veronica Mars and iZombie creator Rob Thomas, may just do the trick.

The Lost Boys series re-imagines the cult Joel Schumacher film, which starred Jason Patric, Kiefer Sutherland, Jami Gertz, Corey Haim and Corey Feldman. The original film was about two teenage boys, Mike and Sam settling down with her father in the California town of Santa Carla. At first, Sam laughs off rumors he hears about vampires who inhabit the small town, but after Mike meets a beautiful girl at the local amusement park, he begins to exhibit the classic signs of vampirism. Fearing for his own safety, Sam recruits two young vampire hunters to save his brother.

The series is envisioned for a seven-season, anthology-style run. According to Deadline, The Lost Boys “will tell a story spanning 70 years, each season chronicling a decade. Season 1 will be set in San Francisco during the Summer of Love, 1967. Each season, the humans, the setting, the antagonist and the story all change — only the vampires, our Lost Boys, who like the Peter Pan characters never grow up, remain the same.” Sounds interesting enough.

Thomas says the series will explore what it truly means to be immortal. The series will most likely premiere in fall 2017.

Will this series be able to fill the shoes of The Vampire Diaries or are they too big to fill? Will it catch on like The Vampire Diaries and its spinoff The Originals or will The Originals be left to fill The CW’s vampire void for now?

Stayed tuned to Respect. Mag for updates on casting and other production news!

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