Today it was announced Alicia Silverstone (Clueless) and Mark Feuerstein (Royal Pains) have been cast in the upcoming live-action series. In the series adaptation, Silverstone will play Elizabeth Thomas-Brewer, the mother of Kristy Thomas and love interest of Watson Brewer, played by Feuerstein.
Based on Ann M. Martin’s best-selling book series, The Baby-Sitters Club is a contemporary original series that will follow the friendship and babysitting adventures of five best friends -Kristy Thomas, Mary Anne Spier, Claudia Kishi, Stacey McGill, and Dawn Schafer – in Stoneybrook, Connecticut.
The first season of the series will run as a 10-episode order.
Production has begun on the single-camera family show in Vancouver and no other casting announcements have been made as of yet. This includes tertiary characters like Jessi Ramsey.