And the plot sounds insane.
The 'Pretty Little Liars' Reboot Has Officially Cast Its New Liars
Pretty Little Liars has only been off the air for four years, but a reboot of the show that turned Lucy Hale, Ashley Benson, Troian Bellisario, and Shay Mitchell into stars is already happening. Multiple outlets confirmed the news in September 2020.
The original series aired for seven seasons and followed all the mysterious twists and turns going down in Rosewood, Pennsylvania, starting with the disappearance of Alison, the leader of a clique of girls. Threatening messages from someone called A begin arriving to Aria, Spencer, Hanna, and Emily, and they become a theme throughout the run. The show spawned two spin-offs—Ravenswood and Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists—which each ran for one season.
Riverdale showrunner Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa is working on the script, which means things are probably going to get crazy. Here’s everything we know so far about the Pretty Little Liars reboot:
What will it be called? On September 24, Aguirre-Sacasa posted a teaser to his Instagram, revealing the name of the spin-off will be Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin. The tagline? “It’s not what you think, bitches.”
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The creative team: As mentioned, Aguirre-Sacasa is attached to the project, and given the wild plot twists and turns of both Riverdale and PLL, he seems like a good choice. Aguirre-Sacasa also tapped “super-writer” and CAOS producer Lindsay Bring to work on the project.
Series creator, I. Marlene King, does not seem to be involved. “We’re such huge fans of what I. Marlene King and her iconic cast created, we knew that we had to treat the original series as #CANON and do something different,’ said Aguirre-Sacasa and Bring in a joint statement, per Variety. “So we’re leaning into the suspense and horror in this reboot, which hopefully will honor what the fans loved about the hit series, while weaving in new, unexpected elements.”
In a July 2021 Deadline article, it was announced that CAOS alum Lisa Soper will direct the first two episodes.
When will it air? That's still unknown, but Variety reported on September 24 the big news that Original Sin has been picked up by HBO Max—also home to the pending Gossip Girl reboot. All episodes of PLL are also currently streaming on the platform.
On July 2, Deadline reported that production is set to begin at Upriver Studios in New York in Summer 2021.
The plot: According to Variety, the new series will be set in the present day, “20 years after a series of tragic events almost ripped the blue-collar town of Millwood apart.” The series will supposedly center around “a group of disparate teen girls who find themselves tormented by an unknown assailant and made to pay for the secret sin their parents committed two decades ago.”
“Roberto and Lindsay are expanding the Pretty Little Liars universe with more murder, mysteries, and scandal, and we can’t wait,” Sarah Aubrey, head of original content at HBO Max, said in a statement, per Variety.
The cast: Deadline announced the first two actors set to star in the upcoming reboot. Chandler Kinney (Zombies 2, Lethal Weapon) and Maia Reficco (Evita, Kally’s Mashup) will be our leads, according to the announcement, which was shared by Aguirre-Sacasa on Instagram.
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Kinney will play Tabby, “an aspiring director and horror movie buff” that is “hiding a secret.” Meanwhile, Reficco is set to play Noa, “a striving, sardonic track star who’s working hard to get her life back to normal after a summer spent in juvenile detention.”
It’s unclear if any of the past characters will make an appearance or how the story will connect (if at all) to the plot of the original show. Fingers crossed the original Liars appear in some capacity. It would be great to see them together again.
This post will be updated as new information becomes available.
This story originally appeared on: Glamour - Author:Condé Nast
