CW Pilot News: Malese Jow! Luke Mitchell!

Malese Jow is on her way back to The CW.

The beloved Vampire Diaries star will appear opposite Aimee Teegarden on Oxygen, a pilot that focuses on a teen (Teegarden), who falls in love with Emery, an alien in high school, years after the latter's species arrives on Earth.

Jow will portray Julia, a student who suffers from an illness but appears to have a second chance at life thanks to these aliens.

Titus Makin Jr., meanwhile, has also been cast on the series as Emery's best friend.

Elsewhere, Luke Mitchell has been cast on The Tomorrow People.

He will star opposite Peyton List on the Julie Plec and Greg Berlanti-produced drama, hyped as X-Men-meets-Heroes and based around a series of attractive people with super abilities.

According to Deadline, Mitchell will play John Young, a teleportation expert who is vital in recruiting other gifted people to the group of young crime fighters.

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