Barton set for 'Melrose Place' role?

Mischa Barton is heading back to TV - she's in negotiations to star in the 'Melrose Place' remake.

The former 'The OC' star has confirmed she is in talks to join the cast of the show.

Barton ended her run as rich kid Marissa Cooper on the teen drama in 2006.

TV bosses at US network The CW, who brought back 'Beverly Hills, 90210' as a spin-off last year, have ordered the production of a pilot episode of the new 'Melrose Place'.

The show, which ran from 1992 to 1999, launched the careers of Marcia Cross and Kristin Davis and was notorious for its sensationalist storylines and extravagant characters.

Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim, who won an Oscar for his 2006 documentary 'An Inconvenient Truth', has been recruited to direct the update.