'Clueless' Drama Series Reboot in the Works at CBS TV Studios - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TMC · 10-17-2019, 02:54 PM

https://www.thewrap.com/clueless-reb...bs-tv-studios/

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CBS TV Studios is looking to reboot “Clueless” for the small screen. A drama series based on the 1995 comedy is in the works at the studio, a person with knowledge of the project tells TheWrap.

The show would be focused on the Dionne character played by Stacey Dash in the Alicia Silverstone-led movie and the followup series.

The project, written by Jordan Reddout and Gus Hickey (“Will & Grace”), is currently still the in development stage and being considered by multiple bidders, the individual tells us.

The series is described “as a baby pink and bisexual blue-tinted, tiny sunglasses-wearing, oat milk latté and Adderall-fueled look at what happens when the high school Queen Bee (Cher) disappears and her life-long number two (Dionne) steps into Cher’s vacant Air Jordans. How does Dionne deal with the pressures of being the new most popular girl in school, while also unraveling the mystery of what happened to her best friend, all in a setting that is uniquely 2020 LA?”

Corinne Brinkerhoff (“American Gothic,” “No Tomorrow”) is executive producing the potential series under her overall deal at CBS TV Studios, along with her development executive Tiffany Grant. Robert Lawrence, who was a producer on the “Clueless” film, is also executive producing.

Deadline first reported the news.

Schmoopie · 10-17-2019, 10:36 PM

I would be very interested to see how they would take a comedy and turn it into a drama. It didn't work at all for The Brady Bunch.

TMC · 10-18-2019, 04:45 AM

Clueless mystery drama TV reboot is met with scorn

Amy Heckerling's acclaimed 1995 teen movie Clueless is "one of the greatest American comedy of manners films of the past few decades," says Kyle Munzenrieder. "So why would a television network consider rebooting the film as a television series that drops both the comedy and the manners?" The potential mystery drama series revolving around the Dionne character that Deadline describes as "Mean Girls meets Riverdale meets a Lizzo music video" sounds, according to Munzenrieder, "more Riverdale and Euphoria mixed with Gone Girl than it does like anything resembling Clueless's Jane Austen roots." Munzenrieder adds: "Giving the Twin Peaks-light dramatic reboot to existing intellectual property has been all the rage in teen TV since at least since the surprise success Riverdale, the TV show that gave clean-cut comic book icon Archie a set of six pack abs and problems like affairs with his teacher. Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Nancy Drew, and Charmed are all on the air. Reboots of Gossip Girl, Lizzie McGuire, and even Grease are now in the works. Though, an attempt to bring Heathers, an already dark teen cult classic, not only flopped but proved needlessly controversial. Clueless was a series that set pop culture trends, rather than followed them. So it kind of hurts to see the film re-purposed to follow trends both in network programming and teen culture...Heckerling's original also seemed particularly uninterested in framing Cher in the tired trope of 'most popular girl in school' and it seems forced to place Dionne as her 'number two.' Typical signifiers of popularity like prom queen campaigns, cheerleader tryouts, or student body elections are absent from the film."

ALSO:

Clueless reboot is an insult to the movie's fans: "Cher wearing Air Jordans? In her immortal words: As if," says Ashley Reese. "Clueless is a near-perfect ’90s teen film that was so indicative of its era, and jamming it into 2020 is an insult. What is Clueless without the flannel, block heeled Mary Janes, and the Cranberry’s CD left in the quad? It’s not Clueless."
Clueless fans are particularly peeved with how the reboot is described: Not every new teen show needs to be Riverdale!
Clueless reboot description reads like "Old Man Executive 'How Do You Do Fellow Kids' Mad Libs"
The reboot sounds like a tech startup writing a job listing
Clueless reboot panders to millennials in the bleakest way possible

irehtman · 11-04-2019, 11:40 AM

Same thing with both Maybe it’s me and do over.

TMC · 05-14-2021, 02:36 PM

Peacock rejects Clueless reboot series focusing on the Dionne character

Even though the newest TV series based on the iconic 1995 Amy Heckerling teen film landed at Peacock last August, new management has decided to pass on the project. The Clueless revival was described as “a baby pink and bisexual blue-tinted, tiny sunglasses-wearing, oat milk latte and Adderall-fueled look at what happens when queen bee Cher disappears and her lifelong No. 2 Dionne steps into Cher’s vacant Air Jordans. How does Dionne deal with the pressures of being the new most popular girl in school, while also unraveling the mystery of what happened to her best friend?”

10-17-2019, 10:36 PM	#2
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10-18-2019, 04:45 AM	#3
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 124,387	Clueless mystery drama TV reboot is met with scorn Amy Heckerling's acclaimed 1995 teen movie Clueless is "one of the greatest American comedy of manners films of the past few decades," says Kyle Munzenrieder. "So why would a television network consider rebooting the film as a television series that drops both the comedy and the manners?" The potential mystery drama series revolving around the Dionne character that Deadline describes as "Mean Girls meets Riverdale meets a Lizzo music video" sounds, according to Munzenrieder, "more Riverdale and Euphoria mixed with Gone Girl than it does like anything resembling Clueless's Jane Austen roots." Munzenrieder adds: "Giving the Twin Peaks-light dramatic reboot to existing intellectual property has been all the rage in teen TV since at least since the surprise success Riverdale, the TV show that gave clean-cut comic book icon Archie a set of six pack abs and problems like affairs with his teacher. Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Nancy Drew, and Charmed are all on the air. Reboots of Gossip Girl, Lizzie McGuire, and even Grease are now in the works. Though, an attempt to bring Heathers, an already dark teen cult classic, not only flopped but proved needlessly controversial. Clueless was a series that set pop culture trends, rather than followed them. So it kind of hurts to see the film re-purposed to follow trends both in network programming and teen culture...Heckerling's original also seemed particularly uninterested in framing Cher in the tired trope of 'most popular girl in school' and it seems forced to place Dionne as her 'number two.' Typical signifiers of popularity like prom queen campaigns, cheerleader tryouts, or student body elections are absent from the film." ALSO: Clueless reboot is an insult to the movie's fans: "Cher wearing Air Jordans? In her immortal words: As if," says Ashley Reese. "Clueless is a near-perfect ’90s teen film that was so indicative of its era, and jamming it into 2020 is an insult. What is Clueless without the flannel, block heeled Mary Janes, and the Cranberry’s CD left in the quad? It’s not Clueless." Clueless fans are particularly peeved with how the reboot is described: Not every new teen show needs to be Riverdale! Clueless reboot description reads like "Old Man Executive 'How Do You Do Fellow Kids' Mad Libs" The reboot sounds like a tech startup writing a job listing Clueless reboot panders to millennials in the bleakest way possible

11-04-2019, 11:40 AM	#4
irehtman Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 15, 2013 Location: Montgomery County, Maryland Posts: 4,824	Same thing with both Maybe it’s me and do over.

05-14-2021, 02:36 PM	#5
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 124,387	Peacock rejects Clueless reboot series focusing on the Dionne character Even though the newest TV series based on the iconic 1995 Amy Heckerling teen film landed at Peacock last August, new management has decided to pass on the project. The Clueless revival was described as “a baby pink and bisexual blue-tinted, tiny sunglasses-wearing, oat milk latte and Adderall-fueled look at what happens when queen bee Cher disappears and her lifelong No. 2 Dionne steps into Cher’s vacant Air Jordans. How does Dionne deal with the pressures of being the new most popular girl in school, while also unraveling the mystery of what happened to her best friend?”