Producer Hopes to Add a 'Peter Pan'esque Plotline to 'The Lost Boys' TV Remake
iZombie producer Rob Thomas is seeing The Lost Boys through to the small screen, and while classic film-to-TV projects have escalated far too much in recent years, Thomas seems committed and dedicated to making this thing happen properly, though not without some ideas that might upset fans of the cult hit film.
"In The Lost Boys movie, the vampires are bad. I didn’t think I would structure each season, so there’s a group of bad guys who are vampires, each year, that we’re trying to defeat. Part of it was wanting to have vampires who are not as goody-goody as Liv is in [iZombie]. I think that group of vampires can actually exist within the framework of the show I’m presenting The CW with.
"Those exact four guys can exist in the world that I’m creating. There are a number of these four-person and five-person groups of vampires who are roaming around together, so it’s possible you could run into that group, but I’m not playing that exact group. For one thing, they’re supposed to die in the ‘80s. I’ve adapted things where I’ve been religious about the material. Clearly, with iZombie, we took a lot of liberties.
"The story that I’m trying to tell in Season 1 of The Lost Boys is a story about two brothers and how tempted they are to fall in with these vampires and how tempted they are to want to be 22 forever. I am leaning into the Peter Pan notion of, if you join these vampires, you never have to grow up. Your life can be fun and you can attack life each day you’re immortal, and how appealing is that? I read a bit about what the original writer’s intentions were, and how a lot of that Peter Pan imagery got pulled away from what they ended up doing. I’m pushing it back in there."
There's something interesting and original that could be played with there. No doubt, modern audiences frown a little at the idea of another vampire project, but The CW draws a crowd these days, and with the right ingredients this could end up garnering a solid audience.
Source: Collider
