Misfits Remake From iZombie EP Lands Pilot Order at Freeform, Casts Leads 

The network has given a pilot order to an adaptation of the British cult fave superhero drama, from writer/producer Diane Ruggiero-Wright (

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The project centers on a group of young offenders in a community-service program who develop supernatural powers after being hit by a mysterious electrical storm. The cast includes Ashleigh Lathrop (

) as Alicia, a spoiled, vapid, middle-class party girl; Tre Hall (ABC’s upcoming

) as Curtis, a talented and cocky football player with a promising career ahead of him; Jake Cannavale (

) as Nathan, a con artist with a heavily inflated sense of his own attractiveness, intelligence and potential; and Allie MacDonald (

Ruggiero-Wright will serve as showrunner, should the remake go to series, with Fake Empire’s Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage executive-producing alongside the original show’s creator Howard Overman.

ran for five seasons on the E4 digital channel from 2009 to 2013.

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Interesting that Simon doesn’t seem to be included, considering what a huge role he played in the series. I guess that would suggest they don’t plan on following much of the original series storyline.

Deadline article mentions that only four of the five leads have been cast, though the article does not mention the details about the fifth character.

Simon probably will be a character, but he just hasn’t been cast yet. We will probably hear something about his casting in the next couple of weeks.

Simon will probably be a character, but he just hasn’t been cast yet. He will probably be cast within the next couple of weeks.

Third we do not need a remake, and an american version will just destroy it

Remakes don’t often have success. But Josh Schwartz is involved, so i’m optimistic. But Simon better be in this. He’s so important in the story.

Forget Josh Schwartz..Diane Ruggiero is the important and confident part !

Nope!…The Inbetweeners was beyond horrible! This won’t work either

Ehhhhhhh I’m pessimistic about this. It could potentially be okay but the original was so great, well the first two seasons were.

Why bother when you can watch the original, and always better UK version on Hulu? I loved the first 3 seasons, but when the cast pictured above came along I didn’t make it 2 episodes. The original characters and story are amazing, but I have no want or need to watch a remake.

If it’s on Freeform this has to have a different tone and feel to the original, no point copying and pasting or copying the first episode and deviating. The original could get away with the swearing, violence, sex and nudity on a mainstream channel. US tv can not. The Skins remake on MTV had to be bleeped every 5 minutes which breaks the flow of the show.

I have a feeling that the humour will be different since in the past British to American humour falls flat when translating it, likely it will lean on the dramatic side I think.

I will give it a go, I’m a lifetime fan of the Original but the only way I see this working is if it’s completely different and completely deviates from The Original but at the same time keeps it simple. I don’t want there to be an explanation for the storm giving them powers or a big conspiracy theory. In the original Misfits know one cared about why it happened.

Can’t decide if being on Freeform is good or bad. The original was pretty dark, don’t see how the network could capture that fully. Then again maybe this means they’ll be less likely to try and rip the original, giving it a unique identity.

This should be on Syfy not Freeform.Are they gonna be American?If so that changes quite a bit.

One big issue…the characters were weirdos on the show. These sound like pretty people with problems

What about iZombie Diane ?? But i freaking loved the Misfits…i am always cold about US versions of great UK tv shows..but the Office us was great after all..

Nope, will not work Americanized. Will not work at all. We don’t have anything like the ASBOs over here.

The script for this out there and the immediate problem is they can’t curse. its a bunch of “fricks” and replacement curse words. Takes the edge off the entire show

Can’t imagine Nathan without Robert Sheehan. He was just the best thing about this show

Only the two short people in the middle look like “young offenders.” I have never heard of this show. The only thing I watch on Freeform is Young & Hungry. I will check out Yara Shahidi’s show and maybe this one. Freeform is not my fave.

The photo is actually of the Series 5 cast. The casting announcement here is about the equivalents to the Series 1 characters who were all younger.

They should just make a related show and say that it’s the same storm that moved from the UK to the US.

WHY??? Much of the appeal of the original, and what made it work so well, was the chemistry between the cast. That at how well Iwan Rheon transformed Simon from such a odd character in Season 1 to the romantic hero he ended up being in season 3.

Didn’t execs learn anything from the horrific attempt at Skins and Inbetweeners??? I’ve never seen the original Misfits, but knowing UK shows, the main problem with this is that it won’t be on a premium channel so it is going to be watered down alot, which will take away from the appeal of the original. No thanks.

Agree they just become very bland. I guess the superpowers might help, but the gifted and runaways and cloak and dagger are all coming out as well.

Just watch the original. Freeform is not the place for a decent American reboot of this.

Nope, I can’t watch an American version of my ASBO s**theads, as the probation worker called them. Still makes me laugh on rewatch (first 3 seasons anyway) This isn’t needed. I implore others who have never watched the original to check it out, you won’t regret it!

I stopped watching after S3 and I’m still salty about it years later. I think I’ll watch the remake only to see if they will change the S3 ending events or at least prolong them. But if the cast doesn’t have chemistry I won’t bother to finish it out. The original cast was damn near perfect together and it made the show so much fun.

Haha tvline you know the image you chose doesn’t include any of the original cast (and therefore any of the main characters listed) right?

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