'Clueless' develops a sequel series with the return of Alicia Silverstone

As if!

Peacock has put in development a sequel series of the film classic of the 90s, Clueless.

The television project will have the return of the protagonist, Alicia Silverstone, repeating her iconic role as Cher. The actress will also be one of the executive producersaccording to Deadline reports.

Another return Amy Heckerlingthe screenwriter and director of Clueless will assume the role as another of the executive producers, together with Robert Lawrence – Producer of the delivery of 1995–.

The series is being written by Josh Schwartz y Stephanie Savage –The cookers of Gossip Girl–, y Jordan Weiss (Dollface, Freakier Friday). All of them will also be executive producers.

The sequel series will be produced by CBS Studios in association with Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group.

CBS TV Studios has the television rights of the Paramount Classic, which in addition to Silverstone, was starring Stacey Dash, Brittany Murphy, Paul Rudd, Donald Faison, Jeremy Sisto, Breckin Meyer, Wallace Shawn y And Hedaya.

The original film written and directed by Amy Heckerling and released in 1995 by Paramount Pictures, A free adaptation of the novel Emma The Jane Austen de 1815tells the adventures of Cher Horowitz (Silverstone), a Californian girl, elegant, rich and popular, who attends the Bronson Alcott preparatory school, and teaches the audience that the qualifications of the exams are negotiable – at the same time as your sports class assistance – the importance of having a computer to choose your costume To get creative and recover strength, and that Alaïa is a designer “Totally important.”

The story follows Cher, and her best friend Dionne (Dash) crosses fun adventures in her lives as teenagers, as well as making her casically with two of her teachers, giving a change from look to Tai (Murphy), a new student “Without idea,” of fashion, and go partying in Sun Valley.

Clueless It was a box office success, collecting $ 56 million in the National Office Box, against a budget of $ 12 million. Even more important, it was that Clueless became a phenomenon of world pop culture. Its reception resulted in 1996 a television spinoff, created by Heckerling, with a duration of three seasons, with Rachel Blanchard in the role of Cher, and Dash retaking his as Dionne. In November 2018 the work debuted Clueless, the Musical, With Dove Cameron in the main role.

The famous phrase “as if”, It was an idea of ​​Heckerling (as If that were True, in Spanish, as if that were true) when studying how adolescents spoke at that time.

The new sequel series marks Peacock's most recent attempt to relive the IP. Six years ago, the streamer launched the development of a Dionne -centered reboot series (Dash), although the project at the end did not materialize.

CBS Studios did not give up on his plans, and hired a new creative team led by Schwartz, Savage and Weiss, and the return of Silverstone, and delivered it again to Peacock, Streamer who remained interested in intellectual property.

Silverstone dressed Cher's skin again for a Super Bowl commercial in 2023 who drove the fans of the ninety film crazy.

His next projects include the TV series currently in production, Irish Bloodthe Thriller of Independent Cinema, Pretty Thing de Justin Kelly, Bugonia Bugonia of Lanthimos Yorgos, and Netflix's Christmas film, Merry Little Ex-Mas.