Shay Mitchell reteams with I.Marlene King for New Family Soap

Shay Mitchell has landed a new role. The star has landed the lead in ABC’s new put pilot, The Heiress.

The series is described as a family soap with a mystery twist, set in the diamond world. The Saybrooks are a household name — they’ve been blessed with great fortune, but cursed with epic loss. The events surrounding a deadly accident a year ago drove a wedge between the once-inseparable diamond empire heiresses, but when an unspeakable tragedy brings the cousins back together, they create a truly unbreakable bond. They set to solve the mystery of who wants the Saybrook family dead before one of them is the next target.

The family soap is being created by I.Marlene King and it is based on the book by Sara Shepard.

Congrats to Shay on the new role.