NEW YORK, Feb. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Dice Holdings, Inc.

Heather Locklear is joining the cast of the updated version of her 1990s nighttime soap opera Melrose Place, the show's producers said Tuesday. Usmagazine.com said the actress is reprising her role of Amanda Woodward on the new series and will make her first appearance Nov.

Heather Locklear is in negotiations to reprise her role of Amanda Woodward in the upcoming Melrose Place spinoff, sources told E! News. Locklear played the advertising executive and apartment complex landlady on the original series from 1992 to 1999. Her other TV credits include Dynasty, T.J.

Actress Josie Bissett has agreed to be a guest star on the updated version of the U.S.

U.S. actress Laura Leighton has signed up to reprise her Melrose Place character of scheming Sydney in the upcoming remake of the 1990s nighttime soap opera. Zap2it.com said it got the news from the producers of Melrose, the new show that will air on The CW this fall if the pilot gets picked up.