Paramount+ recently greenlighted Clueless as an event series, and is looking to pull all the stops making it an event by reassembling the original cast.
As Deadline reported, the project, a sequel to the cult-classic 1995 Paramount Pictures teen comedy film starring Silverstone, landed at Paramount+ after getting a pass at Peacock, with Silverstone set to reprise her role as the Beverly Hills’ it-girl Cher Horowitz.
“We decided to make it an event series because it deserves to be an event,” Paramount+ Head of Originals Jane Wiseman told Deadline in a wide-raging interview about the streamer’s programming strategy. “We feel like this is going to be something that people are going to come to in droves — already you can tell — if you want to get the cast back together, if you want to see where everyone is.”
According to sources, Clueless was picked up off of a pilot script. While the rest of the episodes have not been written yet, I hear the plan is to bring as many of the film’s stars — which include Paul Rudd, Stacey Dash and Donald Faison — back.
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“Oh, we would love it,” Wiseman said about the idea, confirming that no other OG cast members besides Silverstone have deals to come back.
According to sources, some actors have not even been approached yet. Filming is slated to begin in Los Angeles in 2027.
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From Josh Schwartz, Stephanie Savage, Jordan Weiss and CBS Studios, Clueless picks up 30 years after the original film. Beloved Beverly Hills icon Cher Horowitz (Silverstone) has figured out a lot: She’s successful in business and has mastered motherhood — that is, until her daughter’s high school years, and Cher finds that parenting a teenager makes her feel “clueless” all over again.
“It’s a mother-daughter story, which I don’t want to overlook because we’re really excited about the next generation of Clueless,” Wiseman said. “Sitting across the table from Alicia Silverstone and hearing her talk about the character, it just makes so much sense. We really wanted to get the band back together and celebrate it in an event series, and that really is what hit home for us.”
As for whether Clueless could continue beyond the initial limited series, Wiseman left the door ajar.
“If I can leave it open-ended, I’d like to,” she said. “But the idea is that this particular version of the show is supposed to be an event. It’s supposed to be open and closed where Cher is in her life and what she and her daughter are up to, and how we can bring the cast back to celebrate it.”
Schwartz, Savage and Weiss are writing the series, which is executive produced by Schwartz & Savage viaa their Fake Empire banner, Weiss, Silverstone and the original film’s writer-director Amy Heckerling and producer Robert Lawrence.
