Following recent reports that Brian Austin Green had agreed to join the cast of One Tree Hill, only to get cold feet and back out for some reason, Michael Ausiello of Entertainment Weekly confirms this morning that Green is indeed out for next season.

However, despite Green's reps cooling to the idea of a One Tree Hill gig and nixing the deal, Lipstick Jungle hottie Robert Buckley has signed on to replace him!

Talk about things happening for a reason!

Who needs Chad Michael Murray or Brian Austin Green when you can have this hotness? In fairness to the former, nothing can ever replace Lucas, but hey, those three-named fellas are things of the past, and we have this to look forward to now.

All we can hope is that the show time-warps to a point where he's shirtless ...

Robert Buckley has joined the cast of the CW's One Tree Hill!

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