The Vampire Diaries exec Julie Plec has revealed that she has "always" wanted to remake UK sci-fi classic The Tomorrow People.

The CW recently ordered a pilot for the revamp of the '70s series from Plec and Arrow's Greg Berlanti.

"He and I both watched it on Nickelodeon when we were kids," Plec told Entertainment Weekly. "I could never find another person who had ever even heard of it, except for Greg in college once, so we were kindred spirits from the get-go."

Plec revealed that Berlanti called her immediately upon acquiring the rights to The Tomorrow People and asked her to produce the US version.

"It's so great," she said. "He's been so busy for the last seven, eight years, and I've been so busy for the last seven, eight years that we haven't had a chance to do what we used to do, which is sit around over a bowl of Chinese food and talk about stories."

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Like the original Tomorrow People series, which aired on ITV between 1973 and 1979, the new show will focus on a team of young people who have evolved into 'homo superior' - developing special new abilities.

ITV previously produced its own Tomorrow People revamp in the '90s, which ran for three series.

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Watch the credits for the original Tomorrow People below:

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