Lucy Hale Is a Pretty Little Liar for ABC Family

Lucy Hale may return to TV in Pretty Little Liars / the CW

Lucy Hale, late of the CW’s gone-too-soon Privileged, could be returning to our screens soon. ABC Family is close to giving a pilot order for Pretty Little Liars, based on the young adult book series, with Lucy Hale headlining the series.

The TV version of the series is set three years after the disappearance of the manipulative and vindictive “Queen Bee” Alison. It revolves around her four 16-year-old girlfriends, Aria (Hale), Emily, Spencer and Hanna, who have lost touch with one another until each of them begins to receive mysterious messages suggesting that Alison is watching them and knows every secret they’re desperate to keep. The messages don’t stop even after Alison’s body finally is discovered.

Pretty Little Liars is being developed by Alloy Entertainment (Gossip Girl) and Warner Horizon.