Prepare to be totally buggin’ because apparently Clueless is being rebooted by CBS TV Studios as a “dramatic television series with a mystery twist.’
Ugh, as if.
According to Deadline, the Clueless reboot will be a “dramatic take on the high school comedy centered on the Dionne character played by Stacey Dash in the movie and in the 1996 series adaptation.”
Yes, that’s right. In 1996, a year after the iconic film was released, Paramount produced a Clueless TV series. It ran for three seasons and featured the film’s OG cast – minus Alicia Silverstone due to a development deal with another production company.
Fast-forward to 2019 and CBS TV Studios are keen to dig the film up from its peaceful grave for round three. The series has been 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 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, all in a setting that is uniquely 2020 L.A.?” Deadline writes.
It’s also being touted as “Mean Girls meets Riverdale meets a Lizzo music video.” Yikes.
Am I the only one who thinks this is a terrible idea!? While the chatter on Twitter suggests some people are “here for the gritty reboot,” others share my concerns and have taken to the social media platform to share their feelings.
Clueless was a cult favourite – the kind of movie that’s enjoyable to rewatch over and over again over 20 years after its original release. When will we learn to leave these icons alone and stop rebooting and remaking everything?