A Clueless TV show reboot is in the works

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18th Oct 2019

While we have welcomed many a television reboot with open arms this year, there are a select few series and films that we still prefer remain untouched. So, when we heard the news of ‘90s classic Clueless being slated for a television reboot, we were left unsure about how to feel.

Being that the 1995 film—which remains to this day the perfect embodiment of the period’s zeitgeist—still forms part of our top teen movies of all time, and has provided a number of memorable wardrobe moments, including Cher Horowitz’s yellow tartan look and the white Calvin Klein date night mini dress, we should have been ecstatic at the news.

But, if we’re being honest, almost all we felt was the uncontrollable urge to utter “As if!?!”

Yes, we know what you’re thinking—a Clueless TV spin-off already exists, and the original film itself was an adaptation of Jane Austen’s Emma. But, while the ‘90s series, which aired between 1996-1999, continued Cher, Dionne and frenemy Amber’s storyline as Beverly Hills teens and their tales at Bronson Alcott High, the revived series will take a completely different trajectory.

Touted as an amalgamation of modern-day teen culture mainstays, more specifically “Mean Girls meets Riverdale meets a Lizzo music video”, the new series will bind the genres of teen drama with mystery and amplify each.

According to Deadline, the plot will provide a “baby pink and bisexual blue-tinted, tiny sunglasses-wearing, oat milk latté and Adderall-fuelled look” at what happens when the seminal high school queen bee Cher suddenly goes missing and her right-hand girl Dionne “steps into Cher’s vacant Air Jordans”—and with that sentence comes the first and second problem with this revival.

One, we could never imagine a Clueless universe in which Cher isn’t front and centre, scrolling through her virtual wardrobe or setting friends up on dates. And two, somewhere, the fictional Cali girl character is cringing at the idea of ever placing on a pair of hi-top sneakers.

But of course, given the soft spot we have for nostalgia, we’re still going to give Clueless’s upcoming television revival the viewing it deserves. Each episode of the new series, which will be set in set in 2020 Los Angeles, will reportedly play out for an hour, and will follow Dionne as she attempts to unravel the mystery of what happened to her best friend.

No news on a release date just yet, or where the series will air. Deadline reports CBS TV Studios, who own the rights to the Amy Heckerling written and directed film, are considering offers from a number of streaming services, as well as US network, the CW, which already airs a number of teen shows, including Riverdale, the new Nancy Drew series, Dynasty and Katy Keene.

We’re keeping our fingers crossed the new series doesn’t break our Clueless-loving hearts.