One of the few perfect movies of the 1990s, Clueless is yet another thing that Hollywood simply refuses to let rest. According to reporting in Variety, Peacock is developing a Clueless sequel series, and Alicia Silverstone is set to return to her most iconic role as Cher Horowitz.
The plot details for this new series have not been revealed, but Josh Schwartz, Stephanie Savage, and Jordan Weiss are attached to write. Amy Heckerling, who wrote and directed the original film, will also serve as an executive producer along with Silverstone and the three writers.
A previous attempt to make a Clueless series was first announced back in 2020, but this new stab at the material is apparently an entirely separate venture. That series was apparently set up to be more of a mystery show and focused on Cher’s disappearance and the search for her whereabouts.
The original Clueless is considered a comedy classic and is loosely adapted from the Jane Austen novel Emma. The film follows Cher, one of the most popular girls in her high school, as she attempts to play matchmaker with a number of her classmates, all the while falling for her own stepbrother. Filled with the language of its era, the movie remains one of the funniest and most charming ever made, and a wonderful sideways adaptation of Austen.
It remains to be seen whether this series can capture that same magic, but that might not matter for some fans. Getting to see Silverstone play Cher again in a long-form series might be worth it in and of itself.
