I must be buggin' out right now because I've just learned that Peacock is shutting down the development of its Clueless TV series reboot. The surprise project based on the 1995 cult film had been in the works for nine months before being grounded, but not all hope is lost. According to sources, Clueless remains a valuable property for producers CBS Studios, who plan to redevelop the reboot and try again.
Peacock's take on the fetch film starring Alicia Silverstone, Stacey Dash, and the late Brittany Murphy had been on the table for almost a year before the script, written by Jordan Reddout and Gus Hickey, had become a thing at Peacock. The streamer took ownership of the reboot in August, with plans to promote the show as a nostalgic trip for fans of the original film. The now-defunct Clueless reboot was described as a "baby pink and bisexual blue-tinted, tiny sunglasses-wearing, oat milk latte and Adderall-fueled look at what happens when 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?”
As it happens, Rover and Berwick, who oversee NBC and other studios, passed on the series after reviewing several scripts. When asked to comment about the cancellation of plans to develop the project, NBC had no comment.
Ugh… as if! Was the canceled Clueless project, in actuality, a Monet? You know, something that from far away is OK, but up close, it's a big old mess? I suppose we'll never know, though it's nice to know that there's still hope as the concept gets reworked.