Pretty Little Liars Cast Updates

Pretty Little Liars fans, rejoice!

While we're still waiting to see if any former PLL stars will make cameos in the highly anticipated spinoff, Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists, the cast is planning to reunite to watch the premiere episode.

Shay Mitchell told ET the exciting news when we caught up with her at Entertainment Weekly's pre-Emmy bash on Saturday.

"I can't wait to see the pilot episode of it! I'm so excited, we're all gonna get together and watch it together," she revealed.

When asked if she meant the "whole cast" she said, "Yes! We are gonna aim for that, as many people as we can gather together in L.A., we are gonna try and get together."

But... womp womp.  She says not to expect any "Emison" in the pilot episode but didn't totally rule out an appearance in future episodes.

"You know, you never know. Not planned as of now, you never know!" she teased.

But c'mon, what about Emily and Ali's twins? Well, Mitchell had an answer for that, too.  

"Oh my gosh, I can only imagine [what is going to happen to the twins], but you know what, it's in really, really great hands with those writers, so it's gonna be good whatever it is."

The 31-year-old star is currently focused on her Lifetime series, You.  We're just two episodes in, but Mitchell promises it's only going to get darker.

Aunty Aria? Lucy Hale reacted to Pretty Little Liar’s costar Troian Bellisario’s pregnancy while attending an event in Luques, West Hollywood.

“I think we’ve all known for a bit,” Hale, who was being announced as the next ambassador for St. Jude’s Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, revealed exclusively to Us Weekly on Friday, August 10. “I’m really happy for her.”

The Life Sentence alum, 29, says that she, Bellisario, Shay Mitchell, Ashley Benson and Sasha Pieterse don’t have a group text chain, but they do stay in touch individually. “It’s been a while since all really caught up with each other, like we kind of all talk one on one … We all need a catch up real soon though because we’ve all gone in a million different directions,” she admitted.

She noted that the girls would have plenty to celebrate when they did finally reunite, with Janel Parrish and Pieterse both having tied the knot since the show’s end in June 2017. “Things have changed, so it will be nice to see everyone,” she told Us.

Don’t hold your breath for a full PLL reunion just yet, however: “I have a feeling we won’t all see each other for a while,” Hale said.

There is, however, hope for a mini get-together. “You know, I can’t say yes or no,” the “You Sound Good to Me” singer hinted of a potential appearance on The Perfectionists, the PLL spinoff starring Parrish and Pieterse that’s set to air in 2019. “I know that Ashley is directing I think and Troian is directing, we’ll see. I don’t know. I’m happy. I’m thrilled for all of them.”

Us confirmed on Monday, August 6, that Bellisario and husband Patrick J. Adams were expecting their first child.

"A" and all of its entities might be gone according to the canon of Freeform's Pretty Little Liars, but with the premiere of the spinoff series The Perfectionists in 2019, anything could happen in the show's new timeline. Although Pretty Little Liars' Sasha Pieterse and Janel Parrish are reprising their original roles in The Perfectionists, the slate is still clean for a brand new world of murderous twists with intriguing characters. The show's writers have officially started work on its first season, and "A'"s message for The Perfectionists writers will still make you shiver like it's the early days of Pretty Little Liars.

Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists is based on The Perfectionists book series, which Pretty Little Liars author Sara Shepard also wrote. The series follows the residents of the town Beacon Heights, which presents such a strong facade of perfection that the town's first murder soon occurs as a result of the pressure its locals face. As Freeform wrote in its press release about the series, "behind every Perfectionist is a secret, a lie, and a needed alibi." If your life just hasn't been the same since Pretty Little Liars wrapped last summer, it sounds like The Perfectionists is, well, a perfect solution to your thirst for twisty teen dramas.

I. Marlene King, who developed and executive produced Pretty Little Liars, wrote the pilot for The Perfectionists, but she was apparently working with other writers on the rest of the series when the group received a message from "A." She / they / whatever identity this is isn't letting a new project take off without the influence of A, but it wouldn't be a proper story in the Pretty Little Liars universe without it, right?

King posted a photo of "A'"s message on Instagram, which read:

“Happy First Day #PLLLPerfs Writers. Have Fun Bitches. ~A.”

Suddenly, I'm 15 and shaking over the Pretty Little Liars pilot again. Who knew a single letter could still instill such fear in me years later?Sofia Carson, who previously appeared in the Disney Channel Original Movie Descendants, stars in The Perfectionists, and she also shared King's photo, writing alongside it, "I've lost all chill." Same, girl.

Although the photo mostly seems to just be a nice throwback to what came before, some fans responding to Carson's post are curious about whether the message means something greater. I mean, never put anything past a Freeform teen drama.

No surprise, but Carson and King haven't offered any more hints about future appearances from A or how the series may differ from the original books.Carson stars as Ava, a blogger and coder who has dreams of being a huge name in the fashion industry. She'll work opposite Pieterse's Alison and Parrish's Mona, who was the original A in Pretty Little Liars before things got a little crazy. Additional actors in the cast include Sydney Park, Eli Brown, Kelly Rutherford, and Hayley Erin, who The Hollywood Reporter describes as playing a "mysterious, unnamed role." If we had to find any hints about an A-like villain appearing in The Perfectionists, I think that must be it.King has also posted other updates of The Perfectionists' writing process, including a brief glimpse at the pilot in a photo detailing what sounds like my dream day. Who wouldn't mind some new TV followed by a yummy lunch?

Freeform is breaking up with “Famous in Love,” choosing to cancel the series from “Pretty Little Liars” showrunner I. Marlene King after two seasons.

“We are proud to have had the opportunity to air ‘Famous In Love,'” a spokesperson for Freeform told TheWrap in a statement Friday. “After many discussions we have made the difficult decision not to renew the show for a third season. We want to thank our colleagues at Warner Horizon and our incredible producers, writers, cast and crew, especially Marlene King, for their creativity, hard work and dedication.”

The Bella Thorne-led drama aired its season finale on the younger-skewing cable network last month, an episode that will now serve as the series finale.

Rumors of the show’s demise began swirling earlier this week (which Freeform had denied at the time). Thorne herself saw the rumors via Twitter (and SpoilerTV), writing “If this is how I find out our show is canceled..I’m going to be so upset. Very hurtful freeform. I woulda liked a phone call maybe.”

Thorne starred on the series as Paige, a college student who rockets to fame after auditioning for a big Hollywood movie. Carter Jenkins, Charlie Depew, Georgie Flores, Niki Koss, Pepi Sonuga, Keith Powers and Perrey Reeves also starred.

King, who served as creator and showrunner on the series, will stay with Freeform with the upcoming “Pretty Little Liars” spinoff series “The Perfectionists,” led by “PLL” alums Sasha Pieterse and Janel Parrish.

Lucy Hale is opening up about her experiences with sexual assault.

“I’ve experienced stuff on the small side, but assault is assault,” the “Pretty Little Liars” star, 29, told Haute Living Los Angeles in an interview released Monday.

“I think there are a lot of people who have been intoxicated and taken advantage of,” she said. “It’s happened to me and people I know. It’s very common. Luckily, I’ve been unscathed; nothing’s hurt me too badly.”

In January, Hale wrote in since-deleted social media posts, “I never understood sexual assault until tonight. I always sympathized, but I never felt the pain of it until right now. My dignity and pride was broken … I am completely at a loss of words … I feel for anyone that has felt this pain that I feel right now. But I promise. I will not let a moment go by that I don’t try to make a difference.”

She previously told People that part of the #MeToo movement is making survivors of sexual misconduct feel less alone.

After filming the pilot for "Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists" in the Portland area in March, it's official -- the show will shoot on location in Portland, as executive producer I. Marlene King confirms in an Entertainment Tonight interview. Fans of "Pretty Little Liars" have already been geeking out over the spinoff series, which will air on Freeform and take place three years after the "PLL" finale.

"The Perfectionists" stars "PLL" veterans Sasha Pieterse, who reprises her role as Alison, and Janel Parrish, who again plays Mona. In case you're not up on your "PLL" lore, here's how Freeform describes those two:

"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."

So dramatic! And so effective, since Freeform also notes that during its seven seasons, "PLL" ranked as "cable TV's No. 1 drama across target 18-34 and 12-34 measures during its final season, winning its time period in each of its 160 originals in the key demographics."

"Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists" is based on a book series by Sara Shepard, whose works also inspired the original "PLL." Here's the premise for "The Perfectionists," from the Freeform press release:

"Everything about the town of Beacon Heights 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."

The pilot filmed in Portland and Forest Grove in March. The cast also includes Sofia Carson ("Descendants").

When Pretty Little Liars came to an end last June, fans had some (OK, a lot of) questions about the show's finale. While we may never get all the answers about Bethany Young, those creepy masks, and the N.A.T. Club, the upcoming PLL spinoff will thankfully solve at least one major mystery about the original series' conclusion.

According to I. Marlene King, The Perfectionists (which is set to make its Freeform debut in 2019) will finally address Mona's mysterious dollhouse that we saw in the PLL finale last year. In case you need a refresher, the two-hour finale ended with a Parisian scene, revealing that Mona was holding Alex and Mary Drake hostage in a life-sized dollhouse. In conversation with Entertainment Tonight, Marlene explained that viewers will finally learn more about Alex and Mary's fate — "in a very cheeky Mona way."

Marlene also revealed that the new series will include a relationship for Mona. "I think it's her turn," she explained, "as an actress and as a character, for us to have a lot more time to spend with her and really get to know Mona better than we already do." It remains to be seen whether or not Mona's new beau will be that French guy from the PLL finale — or someone new entirely. (Personally, I'm holding out hope that she and Mike will rekindle their relationship — anyone else?)

After attending Meghan Markle and Prince Harry‘s wedding with her husband, Patrick J. Adams, Troian Bellisario experienced a bout of body-shaming when a woman at an airport said that she and her husband looked “chunky” in their royal wedding pictures. Now, the 32-year-old actress is being body-shamed again—this time, by fans who are accusing her of looking pregnant.

In late May, a week after the royal wedding, the “Pretty Little Liars” star and her husband continued their time in Europe with a mini vacation in Mykonos, Greece. Paparazzi pictures from the vacation show Bellisario and Adams splashing in the ocean, holding hands on the beach, and enjoying long walks on the sand. For some fans, the pictures were also a sure-fire clue that Bellisario is pregnant.

After the photos came out, Bellisario’s Twitter mentions were flooded by fans who speculate that she’s pregnant. Many fans pointed out Bellisario’s body in her black one-piece swimsuit, which they believe showed a not-yet-confirmed baby bump.

As happy as we would be if Bellisario is actually pregnant, fans are missing one huge detail: Bellisario hasn’t confirmed anything. As many fans have noted, assuming that someone is pregnant before they’ve confirmed it is essentially body-shaming. “When I thought Americans are mostly civilized people but then I came to this. Body shaming at its best. You guys are so low,” one fan commented.

Now that season three of Riverdale is almost within reaching distance, it's time to start speculating about theories, storylines, characters and new cast members.

A few weeks ago, a rumour about a PLL actor joining the cast of Riverdale made the rounds on Twitter and of course, despite being a r u m o u r, the fandom immediately started speculating over who in the cast could realistically join the Riverdale squad.

Everyone jumped at the assumption that it was going to be known stan of the show, Lucy Hale but she shut down that rumour pretty quickly.

So, if it's not Lucy Hale, who could it be? Well, there's two Jones family members that are already guaranteed to show up in season three and, as far as we know, haven't been cast yet. One of those family members? Jughead's mum, obviously. (She goes by Gladys in the Archie comics but hasn't been mentioned by name in the show yet.)

With that in mind, fans started speculating that Charmed legend Holly Marie Combs, who also played Aria's mum Ella Montgomery in PLL could be joining the cast as FP's estranged wife Gladys. Why her? Well, it all boils down to the fact that she's been liking a bunch of tweets about the role...

Uhhhh, Piper Halliwell as Jughead's mum? YES. ABSOLUTELY YES. SIGN US UP. WE'RE ONBOARD.

Of course, it's just speculation at the moment and a liked tweet doesn't mean anythingbut what's a bit of speculation between friends, Riverdale conspirators and HMC, right?

It's not the first time a Pretty Little Liars actor has been linked with Riverdale either. Fans previously thought Lucy Hale was joining Riverdale after one Instagram conversation with Madelaine Petsch was taken the wrong way. And when the news broke that Betty's brother Chic would be joining the cast, fans had a few PLL actors in mind for that role too. Drew Van Acker and Tyler Blackburn were both strongly favoured for the role amongst the fandom but as we all know, neither of them were cast.

Before Alison can begin her new life in Oregon on Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists, she needs to say goodbye to her old one in Rosewood.

Freeform’s upcoming spinoff (premiere date TBD) finds Sasha Pieterse’s character relocating to the mysterious city of Beacon Heights, prompting fans of the parent series to wonder what becomes of Emily Fields (played by Shay Mitchell) and their twin daughters we met in the Pretty Little Liars finale.

Fortunately, executive producer Marlene King promises that — unlike the identities of “A,” “A.D.,” etc. — fans won’t have to wait for an answer to this particular question.

“You learn in the pilot why Alison is there, and what’s going on with her and Emily,” King tells TVLine, adding that we’ll also learn “why Mona left her doll shop in France.” (#NeverForget that PLL ended with Mona keeping Alex and Mary Drake as living dolls in a French prison of her own design. That girl is twisted.)

When it came to bridging the story gap between PLL and The Perfectionists, King says it was much easier charting Mona’s path than Alison’s: “We left her very happy with Emily and the twins, so to justify why she would leave that behind to come to Beacon Heights was worthy of much more conversation.”

For what it’s worth, here’s what Shay Mitchell told TVLine last year when we asked about her potential involvement in the spinoff:

“It’s just difficult with all of our schedules right now. At the end of the day, regardless of whether I’m on it or not, I will 100 percent support the show and be a fan of it myself. But we’re all just doing so many different things right now, so it’s hard to commit to something like that.”

– And if you’re wondering why The Perfectionists‘ trailer included nary a single shot of someone reading a menacing text on a cell phone, King says that’s one of the things that separates the spinoff from the original.

Sasha Pieterse is a pretty little bride!

On Sunday, the Pretty Little Liars alum married fiancé Hudson Sheaffer in a romantic ceremony at the Leslie Estate, a castle in Glaslough, Ireland, PEOPLE confirms.

For her fairytale nuptials, the bride donned a custom Christian Siriano gown, necklace from XIV Karats and Zadig & Voltaire bracelets.

Pieterse, 22, and Scheaffer, 28, got engaged in December 2015.

The Perfectionists star has been open about how her now-husband lifted her up during the most challenging period of her life: when she gained nearly 70 lbs. over two years due to a hormone condition called Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.

“He’s incredible,” she told PEOPLE while competing on Dancing with the Stars in October 2017. “I’ve known him for so long, and it’s so incredible having someone like that supporting you and knowing without a doubt that they are going to be there no matter what happens.”

Lucy Hale has had her say on those internet rumours that she could be being lined up to star on the next series of Riverdale.

The former Pretty Little Liars actor has essentially destroyed all our hopes and dreams by coming forward to confirm that there is no truth to the speculation but did insist that she happens to be a huge fan of the CW show.

Shutting down the theories that she could be wandering the corridors of Riverdale High and/or becoming BFFs with Cheryl Blossom, the 28-year-old took to Twitter to write: "Also, there’s a rumor I’m joining Riverdale. Not true. Love the show, but not true."

This comes after reports that her own show, which told the story of a young woman cured of terminal cancer, wasn’t renewed for a second series – with Lucy opening up about how disappointed she was to hear that Life Sentence hadn’t been recommissioned.

“I was emotionally attached to this story and to everyone involved so I'm a little shell shocked right now, but I feel fortunate that we got to tell a really beautiful story," she said.

The silver lining in all this is that there’s still a good chance she could make an appearance in the Pretty Little Liars spinoff, The Perfectionists: "I know they just did the pilot, and I'm sure it'll go to series,” she told Bustle. “If they do, I don't know, it kind of depends if my show goes another season.”

Saturday’s wedding between Meghan Markle and Prince Harry is bringing together Hollywood and the royal family in a major way. Celebs like Priyanka Chopra, Victoria Beckham, and Angelina Jolie are rumored to be attending, while A-listers like Ellen DeGeneres are publicly (but jokingly) lamenting that they haven’t received an invite.

While DeGeneres won’t be in attendance on Saturday, there’s another recognizable face that we can confirm will be in the crowd. Pretty Little Liars’ Troian Bellisario (aka Spencer Hastings) managed to score an “in” with the royal family, and it’s likely because of her own marriage.

Bellisario is married to Patrick J. Adams, who played Markle’s on-screen husband on Suits. That’s right: A PLL star and Markle have lip locked with the same dude—though Markle’s relationship with Adams was purely professional. 

The future royal seems to have invited many of her former co-stars to the wedding, as Suits stars Gina Torres, Sarah Rafferty, and Rick Hoffman all confirmed that they’ll be in attendance on Saturday. 

Adams seems to have done the same with a few Instagram posts from London, confirming that he’s in fact in the U.K. On Thursday, he shared two photos from The Royal Standard of England, a bar that’s over 900 years old, where Adams and Bellisario celebrated a friend’s 18th birthday. The PLL star also shared a photo from the tavern, exclaiming that it was “just like Hogwarts.”

As expected, Freeform is moving forward with its Pretty Little Liars spinoff.

The younger-skewing Disney-owned cable network has handed out a 10-episode series order for Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists. The series is expected to debut in 2019. With the order, Freeform now has three spinoffs on its roster, including Grown-ish and its offshoot of The Fosters.

Based on Sara Shepard's book The Perfectionists, the drama was first put into development at Freeform in November 2014 as an unrelated series. After Freeform wrapped Pretty Little Liars after seven seasons, the idea then became to merge The Perfectionists with the world of the flagship — with the latter also having been based on a different Shepard book.

PLL: The Perfectionists is set in Beacon Heights, a seemingly perfect town, and revolves around a group of three college friends who struggle with the stress of being overachievers. In the aftermath of the town’s first murder, each Perfectionist hides behind a secret, a lie and an alibi. (Check out first-look photos from the series, above and below.) Reprising their roles are Sasha Pieterse,asAlison DiLaurentis, the former queen bee whose mysterious disappearance rocked the small town of Rosewood; and Janel Parrish, as 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. Sofia Carson, Sydney Park, Eli Brown, Graeme Thomas King, Kelly Rutherford and Hayley Erin round out the cast.

Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists is being produced by Alloy Entertainment and Long Lake Media in association with Warner Horizon Scripted Television. PLL showrunner I. Marlene King, who also has Famous in Love at Freeform, penned the pilot and serves as executive producer and reunites with PLL's Charlie Craig, Lisa Cochran-Neilan, Alloy's Leslie Morgenstein (Pretty Little Liars) and Gina Girolamo (The 100) on the spinoff. Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum directed the pilot.

The decision to find a way to continue the franchise with PLL: The Perfectionists comes after the flagship became Freeform's signature hit and ranked as cable's No. 1 drama among viewers 18-34 and 12-34 during its final season. That Freeform would connect The Perfectionists to the Pretty Little Liars brand is a savvy move that will automatically bring in an established audience and help cut through the cluttered landscape. This is the second spinoff to come out of Pretty Little Liars. The first, Ravenswood, was canceled after one season.

Keegan Allen has been interested in photography since before he hit double digits. He began taking pictures when he was nine years old, and he still shoots with the camera his father gave him back then — though his collection has expanded significantly.

Now, the actor is on a book tour for his new book Hollywood, which features his original photography along with personal captions, lyrics and more. When Allen originally set out to capture Hollywood, he was shooting pictures of his home.

“As a photographer, as a young photographer, I wanted to bring the truth, protect the place where I grew up and also expose the beautiful and sometimes very dark elements of Hollywood as well,” Allen told uInterview exclusively. “All over the world, people look at Hollywood as this place that is an idea of the dream, a chase, a place of great triumphs and successes, but also where dreams come true, dreams are shattered — everything. It really is the central point of sometimes media and creating iconic Hollywood movies. You know, you think of things that have made you feel certain ways. So it was an interesting journey to set forth on.”

Hollywood shows both the beautiful aspects of the city as well as its seedier side. Allen said the book is both an exposé in addition to his sort of protection over the city.

“I wanted to show what it truly is,” Allen said. “We get caught up in the idea of Tinseltown, of the glitz and glamor of it. We see, you know, red carpet events, we see interviews, we see the lights turned on and the makeup and all the stuff, but once you remove all that [you] see the reality and the people that live there.”

Allen said that it’s inspiring to see people who haven’t quite had their dreams work out but are still chasing after them. He wanted to capture that and show his version of it.

“Now, is it the be all, end all version? Absolutely not,” Allen said. “That’s the beauty of it, and as I do these interviews, I’m starting to learn more about my book through others’ interpretations of what they’re seeing. As you start to look at the people — that was the thing that started to come to the surface for me — was as I was shooting the book, that people would come up to the surface and really change how I looked at the world around me now.”

While he sees the book to be a huge picture of Hollywood as a whole, one photo in particular resonates with him — the one on the very back of Hollywood.

Keegan Allen suits up sharp for his appearance on Build Series on Monday (April 23) in New York City.

The former Pretty Little Liars actor is making his rounds, promoting his second photographer book, “Hollywood” – which hits shelves on Tuesday (April 24).

During his interview, he opened up about what his process is for picking and choosing which pictures get to be in the book.