As if! had been the response to fans’ wishes for a Clueless followup with Alicia Silverstone as Cher — until now.
A Clueless TV series with Silverstone attached to star and executive produce has landed at Peacock for development. It is written and executive produced by the Gossip Girl duo of Josh Shwartz and Stephanie Savage of Fake Empire, with the 1995 movie’s writer-director Amy Heckerling and producer Robert Lawrence also executive producing.
Silverstone is set to reprise her signature role as Cher in the sequel series, from CBS Studios in association with Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group.
CBS TV Studios owns the TV rights to the Paramount feature classic which starred Silverstone, Stacey Dash, Brittany Murphy and Paul Rudd.
Six years ago, the studio developed a different Clueless series reboot centered around Dash’s Dionne character, which also went to Peacock for development. It ultimately did not move forward.
CBS Studios remained high on the IP title, eventually taking a brand new stab with a new creative team, led by Schwartz and Savage, and Silverstein on board as Cher.
The project was taken out to the marketplace and landed at Peacock again, which also had maintained its interest in a Clueless series.
CBS TV Studios’ predecessor, Paramount Network Television, was behind the 1996 half-hour comedy series Clueless, created by Heckerling, which ran for three seasons, one on ABC and two on UPN, with Rachel Blanchard playing Cher since Silverstone was not available, with Dash reprising her role as Dionne.
The Clueless movie (and 1996 series), chronicled the adventures of Cher Horowitz, a stylish California girl who attends Bronson Alcott High.
The O.C. creator Schwartz and Savage are currently co-showrunners/EPs on Megan Park’s Sterling Point series for Amazon, with Lucky Chap also on board. The duo developed and executive produced the CW’s Gossip Girl. Their series credits also include the CW’s Nancy Drew, Apple’s City On Fire, the Gossip Girl reboot on Max and the CW’s Dynasty. They are repped by WME.
Silverstone got high marks from fans after reprising her Clueless character in a Super Bowl ad two years ago. She next stars in the Acorn TV series Irish Blood. Silverstone is repped by UTA, Untitled Entertainment and Gang, Tyre, Ramer, Brown & Passman.
