THE LOST BOYS Series Casts EVERYTHING SUCKS Actor Rio Mangini as Sam

The CW series adaptation of The Lost Boys has cast two more actors. Rio Mangini (Everything Sucks) is set to take on the lead role of Sam, Michael’s younger brother, who is being played by Tyler Posey. His “high level of literacy is matched by an equally high level of snark. He seems to be the only one not enchanted by Santa Carla — a sentiment he shares with a pair of local girls, the Frog Sisters.”

Then there’s Del Zamora (Mayans MC), who will play Frank Garcia, Lucy’s father, “a cantankerous old hippie who owns a beloved local bed and breakfast. In spite of his laid-back appearance, he’s a strict disciplinarian who probably knows more about the dark side of town than he cares to tell.”

The Lost Boys is set in sunny seaside Santa Carla, “home to a beautiful boardwalk, all the cotton candy you can eat…and a secret underworld of vampires. After the sudden death of their father, brothers Michael (Posey) and Sam Emerson move to Santa Carla with their mother, Lucy (Kiele Sanchez), who hopes to start anew in the town where she grew up. But the brothers soon find themselves being drawn deeper and deeper into the seductive world of Santa Carla’s eternally beautiful and youthful undead.”

Here are some additional details:

After 25 years away from home, Lucy Emerson (who is at the end of her financial rope) returns home to the small California beach town of Santa Carla, to live with her father Frank and teach at the local high school. But Lucy either doesn't know or doesn't share the town's big secret with her two sons, Michael and Sam: Santa Carla has a nest of vampires secreted inside the city limits, and they are getting hungrier by the day.

The series is being written by Heather Mitchell (Scandal, Grey’s Anatomy), and the pilot will be directed by Catherine Hardwicke (Twilight, Lords of Dogtown). Veronica Mars creator Rob Thomas is also a producer on the series.

Source: Deadline