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I Marlene King is showing some support for the stars of Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin!

The OG Pretty Little Liars creator sent flower arrangements to the new batch of Liars, as seen on social media.

Bailee Madison, who plays Imogen in the upcoming series, shared her flowers, along with the note Marlene sent, which was similarly sent to her co-stars as well.

“It’s immortality my darlings. Enjoy the ride. Love, Marlene,” the note reads, which is a quote from PLL‘s Alison DiLaurentis.

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I. Marlene King is thanking Pretty Little Liars fans!

The creator of the original PLL series, and it’s two spinoffs, took to Twitter on Friday (September 25) to show her appreciation to the fans for their support amid the announcement of the new series Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin.

“The #OGPLL fans are the most passionate, loving and loyal in the universe. Thank you for all of your support. We are family forever. I love you. ❤️ #PLLFamily #OGPLLFamily,” she wrote.

She also seemingly responded the day before, by liking two tweets from Bob Levy, who helped bring Pretty Little Liars to life, and served as an executive producer on the first season.

“PLL premiered 10 years ago today, the highest rated premiere in the network’s history and remained the highest rated show on the network for its entire 7 season run. At its peak it was the highest rated show on American TV for teen girls, bigger than GLEE or AMERICAN IDOL,” one of his tweets said.

“The moral of the story after 5 years of development at 3 networks: successful development requires all the stars to align. If you believe in your project, it may take multiple heartbreaking failures but keep going. #PatienceGrasshopper (That’s a 70s TV reference.)” Bob wrote in his other tweet.

Janel Parrish saw Marlene‘s tweet and echoed her statement, adding, “What she said. Love you @imarleneking”

Marlene actually has nothing to do with the series, and it’s being brought to HBO Max by Riverdale showrunner Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa.

News of the series reboot, completely separate from the original, had many fans upset that it was being made, especially only three years after the OG series had gone off the air.

Happy birthday, Shay Mitchell!

The actress turned 33 years old on Friday (April 10), and she got so much birthday love from her former Pretty Little Liars co-stars.

“Even throughout a global pandemic, quarantine, and rain… this is the most grateful I’ve ever felt on a birthday,” Shay captioned the Instagram post below, featuring a funny TikTok video. “Stay safe, and stay home. Swipe for the tikitty tok, ticker tok, whatever they call it. #youth 🎈.”

“This Is @shaymitchell she is a superwoman, a super friend, a super philanthropist, a super businesswoman, a super talented actor and producer and a super mom!!!” Troian Bellisario wrote. “I feel so lucky to be in your orbit you brightly burning superstar. Happy birthday. Here is to MANY MANY MORE (though hopefully all of the rest will not be in Quarantine).”

“Happy birthday my girl,” Ashley Benson added. “I love you @shaymitchell.”

“Happy birthday beautiful @shaymitchell – this was our first club night during the filming of the PLL pilot in Vancouver over 10 years ago,” Lucy Hale wrote in her Instagram Story. “My how things have changed. Sending you love girl!”

“Happy birthday Gorgeous @shaymitchell,” Sasha Pieterse shared in her Instagram Story.

Pretty Little Liars creator Marlene King chimed in, “Here’s a trip down memory lane to celebrate your birthday @shaymitchell. Thanks for so many fun and fabulous days and nights together. And when we can finally be closer than 6 feet apart I’m coming over for a hug, and you know it, some Atlas time. Congratulations on becoming a woman so many admire and look up to. Keep inspiring us. Sending you love and light today and every day.”

“Thank you guys so much,” Shay later said in her Instagram Story. “Thank you all for the beautiful birthday messages, even though it’s a weird, weird time, I feel so loved on my birthday. I hope you guys are staying safe out there and I can’t wait for this all to be over so we can hang out and I can give all you guys a hug.”

ICYMI, find out how Shay Mitchell completely broke hospital rules during her daughter’s birth.

The Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists aired last night and left us all with quite a few questions… and that cliffhanger?!

Creator and EP I Marlene King recently opened up about the possibility of a season two and maybe having more original Pretty Little Liars characters making appearances.

“The original PLLs have been so supportive of this show, not just the ladies but the men,” she told EW. “Tyler’s [Blackburn] been so supportive and Ian [Harding] and hopefully we’ll find a way to bring them in. Because they can come and visit our world and it will still feel like our world. Because it is the same universe.”

Marlene also dished on what she hoped to explore more in a second season.

“Unlike our Pretty Little Liars, the Perfectionists weren’t friends coming into this show, so we really had to spend the season crafting that friendship. Now we really get to explore the idea, which was the same on PLL, that ultimately this is a show about unconditional friendship and what that looks like,” she said. “We’re going to get to see more of what an unconditional friendship looks like when it’s really tested because they will be tested this next season. And hopefully, we’ll get more into Alison and all of their personal journeys. I want to get to know more about these characters now that we’ve gotten to know them a little bit. There’s still so much more to learn about them. And more about Nolan too!

Earlier this season on Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists, fans were dealt a huge blow with Emison as it was revealed that Alison and Emily were getting a divorce.

However, that might not be the end of their story, showrunner I. Marlene King says.

“I don’t think it’s the end of the story, and I think it’s possible that Emison is going to be endgame, but I think it’s only fair to Alison that she gets to go on a journey in this world and where she ends up,” she told EOnline ahead of the season finale tonight on Freeform.

She added, “I would say it’s still possible that she finds her way back to Emily in Rosewood, but she has to go on a journey first.”

Marlene added that although fans are still processing it, Alison now gets to go on her own journey without Emily and Shay Mitchell.

“We knew it was a bitter pill to swallow, but she couldn’t have a love interest that wasn’t on the show right now. It’s unfair to the character, really,” she continues. “So yeah, it was a necessary thing to do, and I know it’s heartbreaking for some fans, but I hope they open up their minds and their hearts to go on this ride with Alison, and know that they may live happily ever after in the end, or she may find somebody fans love even more than Emily.”

Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists airs on Freeform @ 8PM ET/PT tonight.

I. Marlene King has high hopes for The Perfectionists, the second spinoff series for Pretty Little Liars.

In a new interview with The Wrap, the showrunner is opening up about her big picture vision for the show.

“I think we have just a richness of opportunity in this new world,” Marlene says. “I don’t want to spoil anything, but there are so many great characters and such a rich woven story that there’s going to be tentacles from this first story that go one for a long time with plenty of twists and turns.

She continued, “With Pretty Little Liars, I thought that we’d be lucky to go for five seasons, so to get to go for seven, honestly, I just give so much credit to the fans and to the actors.”

Marlene even says that there could be more spinoffs in the future.

“I feel like there’s absolutely a world [where that’s possible],” she says. “There were all these meetings about ‘should it be Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists or PLL The Perfectionists‘ and then someone explained to me that if we want more to come, it should have a colon.”

“So we’re definitely open to expanding the universe. It’s so much fun to play in this world, so I’m always open to new ideas and new tentacles to explore.”

The Perfectionists airs Wednesdays on Freeform.

What happened the exact moment Sofia Carson found out she was the newest cast member of Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists?

The Descendants actress spilled during an interview with Freeform.

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“I remember perfectly,” she shared. “It was a Tuesday afternoon. It was about 5 in the afternoon, and Marlene King calls my cell phone. And just at that fact I was already freaking out.”

“I answer the phone, and she goes, ‘Hi Sofia. Guess what?’” Sofia continued. “I’m like, ‘What?’ And she goes, ‘You are my newest Pretty Little Liar.’”

“My jaw literally dropped to the floor, and I was completely speechless,” Sofia added. “As the biggest fan of Marlene, of her work, and of the show, I was just mind blown and so honored and so excited.”

Check out the first images from the show here!