Y’all can’t touch my photoshop skillz.

A few months ago as season 5 of The Wire came to an end, my friend Keith and I agreed that The Wire gang would be the next Apaptow crew - the hope being that we would see a ton of the amazing actors on this show move on the other, maybe more visible projects. In the last couple of months I’ve seen Mayoral Candidate Tony Gray and The Greek in Michael Clayton, Officer Beadie on The Office and State Senator Clay Davis in Enchanted (I watched it on the plane, and it was awesome).

NYMAG’s Vulture Blog posted an entry yesterday summarizing the upcoming appearances of Wire alumni and the most awesome bit is that Tristan Wilds, who plays Michael Lee, will be part of the next gen 90210.

Tristan will be playing Dixon Mills, a foster care kid who is adopted by Harry Mills, the new principal of West Beverly High. Yeah, and he’s got a hott sister who will play Brenda to his Brandon Walsh. A pretty believable story when you think of TV show cliches.

Now, at first I was not a big fan of the Michael character and thought that Tristan Wilds was pretty flat as an actor. Over time and as his character developed he became my favorite character on the show and his true acting chops came out in season 5. One wishes that an entire episode be dedicated to his small family outing to Six Flags. (sigh)

Here’s the trailer, this looks hella fun:

I’m hoping this becomes the Gossip Girl of the West. Check out those clothes! Tristan looks pretty pimp and I love how the trailer deliberately rips of the photographic stylings of Merlin Bronques/The Cobrasnake/N.E.R.D’s Lapdance video. I’ll be setting the company’s DVR to record this one. I also love how he’s taking photographs (kinda like Merlin Broques) and there’s a clear shot on him when the VO announces that “Every character has a secret.” oooooooh.

But seriously let’s place our bets now if Dixon Mills:

-Beds a white girl (in the first episode nonetheless to show everybody that the show is in fact “provocative”)

-Gets falsely accused of rape

-Is wrongly expelled (aggravated assault, though he was only defending himself)

-Has a run-in with his former foster care brothers (duh, this happens in any adopted-kid storyline, ref: The OC)

-Faces an existential/self-defining crisis when he decides to run for Class president (bonus points for an Obama-like catchphrase)

-Gets a slap on the wrist for wrecking the family Benz (he was only being a designated driver and the drunk white girl riding shotgun got all cute about wanting to drive)

-A former Wire alumni makes an appearance (Nay, Dukie, Randy Wagstaff - give those kids jobs, man.)