We have some good news and bad news for CW fans.
We'll start with the good news! The network officially ordered its Charmed and Roswell reboots to series, in addition to picking up the Originals spin-off Legacies for next season as well.
The new Charmed reinvents the Power of Three as sisters – Macy (Madeleine Mantock), Mel (Melonie Diaz) and Maggie Vera (Sarah Jeffery) – who learn of their mystical powers after a family tragedy.
Here's the official synopsis: "After the tragic death of their mother, three sisters in a college town are stunned to discover they are witches. Soon this powerful threesome must stand together to fight the everyday and supernatural battles that all modern witches must face: from vanquishing powerful demons to toppling the patriarchy."
Roswell is getting a slight name-change for its reboot, now called Roswell, New Mexico. This YA series aims to be timely by adding an immigration twist to its premise of aliens living covertly in a US city.
The CW's rundown reads: "After reluctantly returning to her tourist-trap hometown of Roswell, New Mexico, the daughter of undocumented immigrants discovers a shocking truth about her teenage crush who is now a police officer: he's an alien who has kept his unearthly abilities hidden his entire life.
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"She protects his secret as the two reconnect and begin to investigate his origins, but when a violent attack and long-standing government cover-up point to a greater alien presence on Earth, the politics of fear and hatred threaten to expose him and destroy their deepening romance."
Legacies will pick up where the final season of The Originals is expected to leave off, with The Vampire Diaries' Alaric running a boarding school attended by teenage Hope.
The CW's synopsis is as follows: "Continuing the tradition of The Vampire Diaries and The Originals, the story of the next generation of supernatural beings at The Salvatore School for the Young and Gifted. Klaus Mikaelson's daughter, 17-year-old Hope Mikaelson; Alaric Saltzman's twins, Lizzie and Josie Saltzman; and other young adults come of age in the most unconventional way possible, nurtured to be their best selves…in spite of their worst impulses.
"Will these young witches, vampires and werewolves become the heroes they want to be – or the villains they were born to be?"
Remember how we mentioned that there's some bad news too? Unfortunately, The CW has opted not to move forward with Supernatural spin-off Wayward Sisters despite introducing its core cast in an episode earlier this year.
Executive producer Andrew Dabb broke the bad news to fans in a series of tweets on Friday (May 11), writing: "It breaks my heart to say this, but CW has chosen to pass on Wayward Sisters. We love these characters, and have spent almost two years trying to make this show a reality on the network... but there are some fights, sometimes, you can't win.
"I want to thank everyone involved in this entire process, from our fantastic crew, to our amazing cast, and, most of all you. Your passion for this idea fueled us, and we wanted so much to make this happen for you. I'm so sorry we couldn't.
"But know that these characters will live on. We owe them, and you, and us that."
The CW previously passed on another Supernatural spin-off, Bloodlines, in 2014.
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