Peacock has re-launched the series of ‘Clueless’ centered on the character Dionne for development, Variation has learned exclusively.
The untitled comedy series is described as a baby pink and bisexual blue-tinted, wearing thin sunglasses, hate milk latte and Adderall-driven look at what happens when Queen Bee Cher disappears and her lifelong number two Dionne steps into Cher’s low-lying Air Jordans. How does Dionne deal with the pressure of being the new most popular girl at school while also discovering the mystery of what happened to her best friend?
News of the show’s development was first reported in October, although no network or streaming service was added at the time. Jordan Reddout and Gus Hickey will serve as writers and executive producers on the project. Corrinne Brinkerhoff, Scott Rudin, film producer Robert Lawerence, Eli Bush, and Tiffany Grant will also be producing. CBS Television Studios will produce.
The movie version of ‘Clueless’ debuted in 1995 with Alicia Silverstone as Cher and Stacey Dash as Dionne. It is now considered a cult classic. A TV adaptation was broadcast on ABC and then UPN from 1996 to 1999 for three seasons. Rachel Blanchard played Cher in the series with Dash reproducing the role of Dionne. In 2018, “Clueless: The Musical” debuted on stage in New York.
Reddout and Hickey’s earlier credits include the NBC thriller “Will & Grace,” as well as shows like “The Muppets” and “Grown-ish.”
They are rapped by Paradigm and Jackoway Austen Tyerman.
Brinkerhoff has a long-standing relationship with CBS Television Studios, after making the CBS series “American Gothic” and working on shows such as “The Good Wife,” “Elementary,” “Jane the Virgin” and “No Tomorrow” for the studio.
She is raped by UTA and Hansen Jacobson.
This is now the latest example of a staple with 90s focus on woman getting a fresh take, focused on a black character. It was previously announced that Tracee Ellis Ross is set to speak the main character in the animated comedy “Jodie,” which is a spinoff of “Daria.” That show is currently set at Comedy Central after he was originally in the works at MTV.
