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The Lost Boys is getting a TV reboot thanks to The CW

The show will take the form of an anthology spanning 70 decades - questioning the very nature of immortality

Clarisse Loughrey
Monday 22 August 2016 13:56 BST
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If you wanted to describe the '80s to some newly arrived time traveller, you could probably just show them 1987's The Lost Boys.

It's the '80s at its most glorious peak: a cult rocker horror about young vampires who despise wearing shirts, love wearing leather, and adore homoerotic tension. Not forgetting the infamous Sax Man: the greased-up, shirtless, saxophone playing wonder who's been granted cult status thanks to the internet and a Saturday Night Live parody featuring Jon Hamm.

Which either makes it a particularly poor target for rehashing or an excellent opportunity to remould a classic for modern times; depending on which way you choose to look at it. The CW is developing a TV reboot of the film, reports Variety; hailed by Veronica Mars and iZombie creator Rob Thomas.

The show will be an anthology of sorts, attempting to provide a totally fresh look at vampires by asking the question, "what does it really mean to be immortal?" A tough job considering the market is already pretty flooded vampire-wise; with The Vampire Diaries, True Blood, and American Horror Story: Hotel tackling the subject.


Each season of the show will take place in a different decade, with plans for seven series spanning 70 decades in total; with the first season set in San Francisco during 1967, AKA the Summer of Love. The humans, setting, antagonist, and story is set to change with each new season; only the Lost Boys themselves - the vampiric folk - will ever stay the same.

Now, can we get confirmation on whether the character of Sax Man will be making a reappearance or not?

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