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Pretty Little Liars
Genre	Drama
Created by	Sara Shepard Marlene King
Written by	Sara Shepard Marlene King
Starring	Troian Bellisario Ashley Benson Lucy Hale Shay Mitchell Janel Parrish
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
Production
Executive producers	Bob Levy Leslie Morgenstein Marlene King
Camera setup	Film; Single camera
Running time	Approx. 44 minutes
Production companies	Warner Horizon Alloy Entertainment ABC Family Original Productions
Original release
Network	ABC Family

Pretty Little Liars is an upcoming ABC Family network television series based on the Pretty Little Liars series of young adult novels by Sara Shepard. Ten episodes are set to air in 2010.

Plot

The series follows the lives of four girls — Spencer, Hanna, Aria, and Emily — whose clique falls apart after the disappearance of their queen bee, Alison. One year later, they begin receiving messages from someone using the name "A" who threatens to expose their secrets — including long-hidden ones they thought only Alison knew.

Development and production

Originally developed as a television series by book packaging company Alloy Entertainment, the idea was described as "Desperate Housewives for teens." Alloy met with author Shepard, and gave her the property to develop into a book series. With Alloy and Warner Horizon interested in producing a Pretty Little Liars television series for years, it was first planned for The WB in 2005 with a different writer. The first novel was published by HarperTeen in October 2006. In June 2008, Alloy noted that it was developing a Pretty Little Liars television pilot for ABC Family. The novels are being adapted for television by Marlene King.

ABC Family began casting for a Pretty Little Liars television pilot in October 2009. Lucy Hale was cast as Aria Montgomery in the project, followed by Troian Bellisario and Ian Harding (as Spencer Hastings and Ezra Fitz, respectively) in November 2009. In December 2009 The Futon Critic confirmed the casting of Ashley Benson as Hanna Marin and Shay Mitchell as Emily Fields, as well as the addition of Laura Leighton as Ashley Marin, Alexis Denisof as Byron Montgomery, Bianca Lawson as Maya, as well as Jean Louisa Kelly and Nia Peeples. The Hollywood Reporter also noted that Torrey DeVitto and Sasha Pieterse landed recurring roles in the pilot.

On January 27, 2010, ABC Family picked up the series for 10 episodes, to air in 2010. The Alloy website later confirmed that Pieterse would be playing Alison DiLaurentis and DeVitto would be Melissa Hastings, also noting Janel Parrish as Mona Vanderwaal and Igor Hudacek, Jr. as Mike Montgomery.

Cast

• Troian Bellisario as Spencer Hastings
• Ashley Benson as Hanna Marin
• Lucy Hale as Aria Montgomery
• Shay Mitchell as Emily Fields
• Janel Parrish as Mona Vanderwaal
• Sasha Pieterse as Alison DiLaurentis
• Bianca Lawson as Maya St. Germain
• Torrey DeVitto as Melissa Hastings
• Ian Harding as Ezra Fitz
• Igor Hudacek, Jr. as Mike Montgomery
• Laura Leighton as Ashley Marin
• Alexis Denisof as Byron Montgomery
• Jean Louisa Kelly as Ella Montgomery
• Tammin Sursok as Jenna Cavanaugh
• Amber Borycki as Meredith

References

1. ^ "ABC Family Announces Pick-Up Of Dramas Huge And Pretty Little Liars" (Press release). ABC Family. January 27, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 28, 2010. Retrieved January 28, 2010.
2. ^ Maughan, Shannon (June 26, 2008). "Moving On Up: Pretty Little Liars". PublishersWeekly.com/Reed Elsevier Inc. Archived from the original on January 28, 2010. Retrieved June 4, 2009.
3. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (October 19, 2009). "ABC Family nears Little Liars pickup". HollywoodReporter.com. Archived from the original on January 28, 2010. Retrieved November 24, 2009.
4. "Pretty Little Liars: Reviews and Product Details". Amazon.com. Retrieved May 30, 2009.
5. Andreeva, Nellie (November 11, 2009). "ABC Family fills comedy, Liars roles". HollywoodReporter.com. Archived from the original on January 28, 2010. Retrieved November 24, 2009.
6. "ABC Family announces additional casting for its upcoming pilots" (Press release). ABC Family. December 7, 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 28, 2010. Retrieved January 28, 2010.
7. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (December 7, 2009). "Laura Leighton joins Pretty Little Liars". HollywoodReporter.com. Archived from the original on January 28, 2010. Retrieved December 7, 2009.
8. "The Pretty Little Truth: Pretty Little Liars on TV!". Blogs.alloyentertainment.com (Official site). January 28, 2010. Retrieved January 29, 2010.
9. http://www.jeanlouisakelly.com/

• Upcoming television series
• ABC Family shows
• Teen dramas
• Television programs based on novels