Julie Plec to direct 'Roswell' reboot

"Originals" creator Julie Plec is set to direct the "

Roswell

" reboot pilot .

Plec will also serve as executive producer if the drama moves to series.

The project is based on the Roswell High book series by

Melinda Metz

.

The untitled project would follow the daughter of undocumented immigrants who reluctantly returns to her tourist-trap hometown of Roswell, New Mexico.There she discovers a shocking truth about her teenage crush who is now a police officer.

She protects his secret as the two reconnect and begin to investigate his origins, but when a violent attack and long-standing government cover-up point to a greater alien presence on Earth, the politics of fear and hatred threaten to expose him and destroy their deepening romance.

Plec most recently directed an episode of "

Riverdale

" and previously helmed multiple installments of "The

Vampire Diaries

".