April 6th, 2009 4:37 pm

Originals return to The CW’s ‘Melrose’

Original ‘Melrose Place’ star Laura Leighton reprises her role as the scheming Sydney Andrews on the new CW pilot.

Just like The CW’s reboot of ‘90210′, the upcoming drama pilot for ‘Melrose Place’ will see some old faces return.

Laura Leighton, who played the irresponsible and scheming Sydney Andrews, one of the most popular characters on the original ‘Melrose Place’, will reprise her role on the new CW pilot.

Her character was almost killed in the season finale of the show’s fifth season when Sydney was run over by a car on her wedding day in a near-fatal accident.

The dramatic season finale was Leighton’s last episode on the original FOX series as her character was presumed dead.

While the script for the new ‘Melrose’ is a tightly guarded secret, sources say she will be the landlord to the new group of tenants.

It is still unclear at this stage whether or not any other original cast members will be returning to the new ‘Melrose’.

Meanwhile, newcomer Shaun Sipos (‘Shark’), has landed the last series regular role on the CW reboot.

Sipos will play David Patterson, the son of Jake Hansen, played by Grant Show on the original.

His character has been described as bad boy with smoldering good looks who grew up as a rich kid but has been cut off from his family money.

Leighton and Sipos join previously cast Michael Rady, Jessica Lucas, Katie Cassidy, Ashlee Simpson-Wentz, Colin Egglesfield and Stephanie Jacobson.