The trailer for the new Pretty Little Liars TV series has been released, and with it comes a whole new generation of the hit series, including stars from major TV shows.
Chandler Kinney, who features in Disney's Zombies series and TV movies, and Malia Pyles, who played Parker Torres in Batwoman, join the cast of Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin, the new spin-off TV show.
The trailer is introduced by several of the series' stars before launching into the full-blown teaser for the mystery thriller show from creators Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Lindsay Calhoon Bring.
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Taking place within the existing chronology of the previous shows in the franchise, the promo shows a new generation of teens in the town of Millwood being tormented by a mystery person over the sins of their parents from over 20 years ago.
The teens in the present day begin to investigate the mysterious events of 1999, but drama appears to escalate quickly.
"We are so dead," one character says.
"Whatever happens, we're all in this together," another teen says.
Maia Reficco, Once Upon a Time star Bailee Madison, Alex Aiono, Mallory Bechtel, and Alex Johnson also star
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Original Sin is the fifth series in the Pretty Little Liars franchise – following the original show that ran from 2010 to 2017, the 2012 web series Pretty Dirty Secrets, and the short-lived spin-offs Ravenswood (2013-2014) and Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists (2019).
Aguirre-Sacasa is the chief creative officer of Archie Comics and has created several huge TV series including Riverdale and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. Calhoon Bring served as a writer on the latter show and developed Original Sin alongside Aguirre-Sacasa.
The writer-producers co-wrote three of the show's ten episodes.
Pretty Little Things: Original Sin will premiere on HBO Max on July 28. No UK broadcaster or date has been announced.
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