FOX has had a rather auspicious day, securing three actors as leads for its new supernatural drama The Oaks , from writer David Schulner ( Tell Me You Love Me ) and director Michael Cuesta ( Dexter ). The Oaks revolves around the intertwined stories of three couples in three different decades--1968, 1988, and 2008--who live in the same house; their stories are connected by the house's possible haunting. It's a fascinating and compelling conceit that mines both the supernatural and the quotidian, in the form of each of the couples' relationship issues. (For my exclusive review of the pilot script for The Oaks , click here .) In the first casting notice for the drama pilot, which goes into production in November, FOX has locked the acting services of Shannon Lucio, Matt Lanter, and Bahar Soomekh. Shannon Lucio ( The OC ) and Matt Lanter ( Commander in Chief ) will play Sarah and Mike, a young married couple in 1968 who grieving after the death of their young daughter, Ameli