Freeform Orders "Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists" to Series

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"Pretty Little Liars" Spin-off "The Perfectionists" Starring Sasha Pieterse & Janel Parrish Gets Freeform Pilot Order
by Nellie Andreeva
September 25, 2017


Freeform’s biggest series, "Pretty Little Liars", is getting a new spin-off. Three months after PLL ended its seven-season run, the cable network has given a pilot order to offshoot "Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists", toplined by PLL co-stars Sasha Pieterse and Janel Parrish reprising their roles.

The project hails from the same auspices as the original series, writer/executive producer I. Marlene King, Alloy Entertainment and Warner Horizon Scripted Television, and it is based on the popular book series The Perfectionists, written by PLL author Sara Shepard.





Freeform (then ABC Family), King and Warner Horizon teamed to adapt Shepard’s Perfectionists novels in 2014, with the project eventually evolving into a PLL spin-off.

“Pretty Little Liars was a cultural phenomenon so it’s no wonder fans wanted more,” said Karey Burke, EVP, programming and development, Freeform. “We can’t wait to continue Marlene King’s rich and revolutionary storytelling with a new crop of leading ladies from Beacon Heights who will hold just as many secrets and lies as Rosewood did.”

“I’m beyond excited to continue my collaboration with Sara Shepard, Alloy, Freeform and Warner Horizon,” says Marlene King. “I can’t wait to introduce our fans – and Sasha and Janel – to a new world of thrills and chills in Beacon Heights.”





"Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists" is set in the town of Beacon Heights where everything seems perfect, from their top-tier college to their overachieving residents. But nothing in Beacon Heights is as it appears to be. The stress of needing to be perfect leads to the town’s first murder. Behind every Perfectionist is a secret, a lie and a needed alibi.

In "Pretty Little Liars", Pieterse played Alison DiLaurentis, the former queen bee whose mysterious disappearance rocked the small town of Rosewood.

Parrish played Mona Vanderwaal, Hanna Marin’s best friend who was unmasked as the mysterious tormentor “A” at the end of the show’s second season, and ultimately beat uber-villain, A.D., at her own game.

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