Peacock’s loss is a gain for Paramount+ with the streamer picking up the planned sequel series to 1995 cult classic “Clueless”.
Announced last year, Alicia Silverstone is attached to reprise her iconic role as Cher Horowitz in the series which CBS Studios and Universal Television originally set up to produce for Peacock.
Then it was ditched by the streamer and taken back out to market where Paramount+ has picked it up.
The original was a spin on Jane Austen’s “Emma” with Silverstone playing a rich and socially successful girl at the top of the Beverly Hills high school’s pecking order.
She gives klutzy new student Tai (Brittany Murphy) a makeover, Tai becomes more popular than she is in the process. Paul Rudd plays her ex-stepbrother and ultimate love interest.
The new take revisits the character 30 years after the events of the film and now as the owner of a successful business and a mother, who seems to have it all figured out until her daughter enters high school.
What is known is that Silverstone is set to executive produce alongside Robert Lawrence and original film director Amy Heckerling. Josh Schwartz, Stephanie Savage, and Jordan Weiss are writing the project and also executive producing.
Filming will take place in Los Angeles and make use of the city’s locations and crews.
Source: THR
