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Deadline is reporting the news that the US television network The CW has cast the North American actress Malese Jow, who plays the character 'Lucy Stone', Kendall Knight's ex-girlfriend, in the popular Nickelodeon comedy series "Big Time Rush", in the pilot episode of the channels brand new drama series called "Oxygen". The project, written by Meredith Averill and directed by Gary Fleder, centers on 'Emery' (played by Aimee Teegarden), a teenage girl who falls in love with an alien boy, one of nine of his kind integrated into a suburban high school. Jow, repped by repped by Sweeney Entertainment and Todd Rubenstein, will play 'Julia', a sick girl who loses all hope, but may get a second chance at life thanks to the aliens. "Glee" star Titus Makin Jr., repped by LB Talent Agency, will play Emery's goofy and cute best friend. CBS TV Studios will produce; Averill, Josh Appelbaum, Andre Nemec, Scott Rosenberg, Richard Shepard, Bryan Furst, Sean Furst and Daniel Gutman will executive produce. Prior to "Big Time Rush", Nickelodeon Star Malese Jow also starred as 'Geena Fabiano', a girl interested in fashion and designing her own clothes on the Nickelodeon television teen sitcom "Unfabulous". Malese Jow also appears as 'Anna', a teenage vampire on The CW television teen drama "The Vampire Diaries":
Malese Jow (Big Time Rush) and Titus Makin Jr. are set to co-star opposite Aimee Teegarden in the CW drama pilot Oxygen. The project, written by Meredith Averill and directed by Gary Fleder, centers on Emery (Teegarden), a teen girl who falls in love with an alien boy, one of nine of his kind integrated into a suburban high school. Jow, repped by repped by Sweeney Entertainment and Todd Rubenstein, will play Julia, a sick girl who loses all hope, but may get a second chance at life thanks to the aliens. Makin Jr., repped by LB Talent Agency, will play Emery’s goofy and cute best friend. CBS TV Studios produces; Averill, Josh Appelbaum, Andre Nemec, Scott Rosenberg, Richard Shepard, Bryan Furst, Sean Furst and Daniel Gutman exec produce.
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'Glee', 'Vampire Diaries' stars join The CW's 'Oxygen'
Vampire Diaries actress Malese Jow and Glee's Titus Makin Jr have landed roles in The CW's Oxygen.
The new pilot follows a teen girl (Aimee Teegarden) who falls in love with an alien boy who has integrated himself into her high school.
© PA Images / Chris Pizzello/AP; 'Vampire Diaries' actress Malese Jow
Jow - who played Anna in The Vampire Diaries - has been cast as Julia, a young girl with an illness that the aliens may be able to help cure, according to TVLine.
The 22-year-old previously starred in Nickelodeon series Unfabulous and Big Time Rush.
Makin Jr - best known for playing David, one of the Warblers, on Glee - will star in Oxygen as Lukas, the goofy best friend of Teegarden's character Emery.
The actor took to Twitter to announce that he is "so excited" about his role, while Jow also tweeted to say that she was "overjoyed" to be cast.
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