The Lost Boys reimagined as a tv series?
The Lost Boys TV Series in the Works at the CW from Veronica Mars and iZombie Creator
Oh, bother. Of course it's the CW. On the plus side, it's Rob Thomas, and I fell in love with iZombie when I saw season one on Netflix. (Season two really needs to hit Netflix soon too.) On the negative side, I'm a little tired of CW grimdark and am already very nervous about Supergirl having a tone change when it goes over there. (I don't care if they say it's not going to change; I've been in fandom long enough that I know not to trust networks.)
Also, honestly, The Tribe and The Thirst were just absolutely terrible. It's really hard to recapture what made The Lost Boys itself such a great film, but at least they did go for a show creator who has a track record of mixing hellishly serious material and humor and doing so well.
If they bring in any women on this show, Rob Thomas will treat them amazingly while beating the shit out of them plot-wise by having bad things happen that they have to recover from; however, I have great faith that the majority (no, not you if you're in my DW or LJ circle and reading this) of the old school fandom will continue to sideline the women. (I've deleted a several paragraph rant on the treatment of women in Lost Boys fanfic. Trust me, you didn't want to read it. No one who is actually interested in that movie that is also on this list is the subject of said rant anyway.)
A television adaptation of The Lost Boys from Veronica Mars and iZombie creator Rob Thomas is in development at The CW.
According to Deadline, the potential series is planned to span seven seasons, each featuring a different supporting cast and setting, with the only constant being its crew of vampires (aka Lost Boys) who never age. The series would tell a 70-year story, with each season covering the events of an entire decade, with the first season taking place in the 1960s in San Francisco.
Thomas is writing and executive producing the series, which will serve as a re-imagining of Joel Schumacher's classic 1987 horror comedy film and "explore what it really means to be immortal."
Mike Karz and Bill Bindley from Gulfstream are also on board as executive producers for The Lost Boys television adaptation, which is being created as part of Gulfstream's larger deal with Warner Bros. Television.
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Oh, bother. Of course it's the CW. On the plus side, it's Rob Thomas, and I fell in love with iZombie when I saw season one on Netflix. (Season two really needs to hit Netflix soon too.) On the negative side, I'm a little tired of CW grimdark and am already very nervous about Supergirl having a tone change when it goes over there. (I don't care if they say it's not going to change; I've been in fandom long enough that I know not to trust networks.)
Also, honestly, The Tribe and The Thirst were just absolutely terrible. It's really hard to recapture what made The Lost Boys itself such a great film, but at least they did go for a show creator who has a track record of mixing hellishly serious material and humor and doing so well.
If they bring in any women on this show, Rob Thomas will treat them amazingly while beating the shit out of them plot-wise by having bad things happen that they have to recover from; however, I have great faith that the majority (no, not you if you're in my DW or LJ circle and reading this) of the old school fandom will continue to sideline the women. (I've deleted a several paragraph rant on the treatment of women in Lost Boys fanfic. Trust me, you didn't want to read it. No one who is actually interested in that movie that is also on this list is the subject of said rant anyway.)
A television adaptation of The Lost Boys from Veronica Mars and iZombie creator Rob Thomas is in development at The CW.
According to Deadline, the potential series is planned to span seven seasons, each featuring a different supporting cast and setting, with the only constant being its crew of vampires (aka Lost Boys) who never age. The series would tell a 70-year story, with each season covering the events of an entire decade, with the first season taking place in the 1960s in San Francisco.
Thomas is writing and executive producing the series, which will serve as a re-imagining of Joel Schumacher's classic 1987 horror comedy film and "explore what it really means to be immortal."
Mike Karz and Bill Bindley from Gulfstream are also on board as executive producers for The Lost Boys television adaptation, which is being created as part of Gulfstream's larger deal with Warner Bros. Television.
This entry has been cross-posted to Dreamwidth (
comments). Comments are welcome on either post.