If you happen to’ve been anticipating — or dreading — the potential new Clueless reboot that was announced late last year, we have some information: We’re one step nearer to getting it.
Variety experiences that the whole reboot of the 1995 film starring Alicia Silverstone as a preppy L.A. excessive schooler has been pecked at by Peacock, NBCUniversal’s new streaming service, which sounds about proper. Peacock loves itself a reboot, with new variations of Saved By the Bell, Punky Brewster, and Battlestar Galactica on the way in which.
The brand new Clueless with mainly flip over the desk of the unique film, positing what would occur if we picked up the premise and dropped it in 2020, with Silverstone’s Cher going lacking and her finest good friend Dionne (performed by Stacey Dash within the basic comedy) turning into the college’s new queen bee. And since we will not simply let issues be, Dionne may also placed on her detective’s hat and try to unravel the thriller of Cher’s disappearance.
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The, uhh, descriptive phrasing of the reboot remains, with creators Jordan Reddout and Gus Hickey describing it as “a child pink and bisexual blue-tinted, tiny sun-glasses sporting, oat milk latte, and Adderall-fueled” new tackle the cherished movie written and directed by Amy Heckerling.
Clueless was beforehand tailored for tv in a continuation sequence that ran for 3 seasons on ABC and UPN.
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