'Cruel Intentions' Pilot Casts Young Leads!

Taylor John Smith and Samantha Logan have been cast as the young leads in the upcoming Cruel Intentions pilot for NBC, Deadline reports.

Taylor, who appeared in Insidious: Chapter 3, will play Bash Casey, the son of Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe’s characters in the 1999 film.

The young actors will join the previously announced Sarah Michelle Gellar as she reprises her role as Kathryn Merteuil.

The series picks up 15 years after the movie left off and follows Kathyrn as she battles for control over Bash and her husband’s spoiled daughter, played by Samantha, who appeared on 666 Park Avenue.