Exclusive: Look who's moving into the new 'Melrose Place'

Here comes the neighborhood!

With Smallville producers Todd Slavkin and Darren Swimmer now officially installed as showrunners, The CW at last has revealed who’ll be moving into its remodeled Melrose Place next season. (Well, they’ve revealed the characters at least; the roles have yet to be cast.) As you’d imagine, there are some familiar types among the tenants.

Wanna meet ’em? Come on!

The new Jake and Amanda are… David Patterson and Ella Flynn. He’s

Melrose royalty, the now-grown son of the original Jake, with the taut

abs and thick black book to prove it. She’s his omnisexual sometime

lover, a PR whiz whose tongue is as sharp as her stilettos.

The new Billy and Allison are… Jonah Miller and Riley Richmond. He’s a

Kevin Smith wannabe whose obsession with his movies is unlikely to give

him a happy ending with his sickly-sweet schoolteacher fiancee —

especially when she takes a shine to the glamorous life he loathes.

The new Matt is… Auggie Kirkpatrick. A hunky hippie, this recovering

alcoholic is willing to give everybody the benefit of the doubt. No

word on whether the word sucker will be tattooed on Debbie Downer’s

forehead, but come on…

The new Jane is… Lauren Bishop. Sort of an anti-Michael, this

straight-arrow med student falls on such hard times that she’s forced

to pull a Sydney and trade sexual favors for financial ones.

The new Sydney is… Violet Foster. Though she’s fresh off the turnip

truck, this small-town teen already has a worldly-wise m.o.: play the

sex kitten till you’re ready to bare your claws.

So what do you think? Are you interested in seeing Melrose Place

renovated? Or should this property have remained condemned? I’m

thinking Scott Porter and Amanda Seyfried as David and Ella. Got any

better ideas? (Additional reporting by Andy Patrick)