{"id":97296,"date":"2017-06-07T11:03:59","date_gmt":"2017-06-07T10:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=97296"},"modified":"2017-06-07T11:05:00","modified_gmt":"2017-06-07T10:05:00","slug":"misfits-us-remake-gets-a-cast-and-a-pilot-order-from-freeform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/news\/misfits-us-remake-gets-a-cast-and-a-pilot-order-from-freeform\/","title":{"rendered":"Misfits US remake gets a cast and a pilot order from Freeform"},"content":{"rendered":"

Remember when there was going to be a US Misfits<\/strong><\/em> remake and everyone was like, ‘Oh my god, why are they remaking Misfits already?’ Well, it turns out that pre-production has been continuing on the down low ever since, and it doesn’t actually sound that bad.<\/p>\n

The show, which will also be called Misfits<\/strong><\/em>, has just been given a pilot order from US network Freeform and will be produced by Gossip Girl <\/strong><\/em>and The OC<\/strong><\/em>‘s Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage’s production company Fake Empire. iZombie<\/strong><\/em> co-creator Diane Ruggiero-Wright wrote the pilot and will serve as showrunner, while Victoria Mahoney (Grey’s Anatomy<\/strong><\/em>) is directing it.<\/p>\n

Freeform has really been on it, with four out of five of the titular misfits already cast: the pilot so far has Ashleigh LaThrop (Sirens<\/strong><\/em>) as Alicia, Tre Hall (Rebel<\/strong><\/em>) as Curtis, Allie MacDonald (Orphan Black<\/strong><\/em>) as Kelly and Jake Cannavale (Nurse Jackie<\/strong><\/em>) as Nathan.<\/p>\n

Here are some character descriptions, which sound as though they slightly differ from those of the original series, as told by Deadline<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Alicia: “a spoiled, vapid, middle-class party girl who seems to have three main goals in life: have fun, look hot and get guys.”<\/p>\n

Curtis: “a talented and cocky football player with a promising career ahead of him who is used to everything going his way.”<\/p>\n

Kelly: “tough and trashy… street smart with a hair-trigger temper and a penchant for beating the crap out of people.”<\/p>\n

Nathan: “a con artist and thief with a heavily inflated sense of his own attractiveness, intelligence and potential.”<\/p>\n

Now to cast Simon…<\/p>\n

For those unfamiliar, Misfits<\/strong><\/em> tells the story of a group of young offenders completing community service who discover they each have special powers after getting caught outside during a freak electrical storm.<\/p>\n

Misfits <\/strong><\/em>doesn’t yet have an air date. You can buy the original E4 series on DVD for £19.99 from Amazon.co.uk.<\/a> Get all the latest sci-fi news with every issue of SciFiNow.<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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