Cruel Intentions

[stopthestatic]

I'm still angry this wasn't picked up. It had the perfect amount of callbacks and actually felt like a continuation of the movie, especially since the same creative team was involved.

 

[BTG]

I still think they could make a sequel series work. Even in the years since they last attempted it, the streaming scene has changed entirely. 90s nostalgia is in, Sarah is having her public renaissance, and Reese could be talked into a guest appearance if the script was right.

Stunt cast the rest with some other 90s stars and they could easily have a cute 6-8 episode run.

 

[Steve003]

Love that this was bumped. This movie was my sexual AWAKENING.

And The Crush. I think it's to rewatch BOTH.

The Crush is a cinematic masterpiece. Give us a show full of this.

 

[lushLuck]

The 2016 pilot is genuinely fantastic. As Sarah said, it's just a shame it was developed for network television as that is the one thing holding it back. But I think giving that incredible script the creative freedom and larger budget of a streaming platform is all it would need to deliver a proper show worth celebrating.

 

[Someboy]

For what it’s worth… by chance, right before this news broke, I did hear the script is very, very good. Why they’re calling it Cruel Intentions is anyone’s guess other than maybe it’s millennial IP, and therefore can be marketed to Amazon’s audience while they’re buying multi-surface cleaner and batteries, but the way it was told me to me it would be forum-friendly. Now, there’s a whole development cycle and casting to go through, so don’t quote me in a year when it turns out terribly.

 

[Andrew]

Love that this was bumped. This movie was my sexual AWAKENING.

And The Crush. I think it's to rewatch BOTH.

Let's add Fear onto this list (I mean, Reese getting fingered on a rollercoaster and Zaddy Paterson ) and I'd agree

 

[Deleted member 1415]

Let's add Fear onto this list (I mean, Reese getting fingered on a rollercoaster and Zaddy Paterson ) and I'd agree

I was gonna add Fear too because it’s basically that same vein of films but then I remembered Mark Wahlberg is complete trash now soooo…..

 

[4Roses]

 

[slaybellz]

What a strange coincidence I was literally re-watching the movie yesterday.

This looks awful though. They need to let it go.

 

[LovingDays]

I hope it's handled with respect, mastery and remade in a way that acknowledges the earth-shattering effect the original had.

I'm talking about Ryan Philippe's butt scene of course.

 

[HEARTCORE]

If Sarah Michelle Gellar isn't in it, then I don't wanna see it! The trailer also doesn't look anywhere near as scandalous as the original. Oh well.

 

[Hybridcookie]

What a strange coincidence I was literally re-watching the movie yesterday.

This looks awful though. They need to let it go.

It doesn't look as bad as I expected it to. And the actress playing the Annette character is sooooo pretty.

 

[j267]

I'm still angry this wasn't picked up. It had the perfect amount of callbacks and actually felt like a continuation of the movie, especially since the same creative team was involved.

Watching this after the new trailer and I’m even more gutted that this wasn’t picked up. I would have ate this up!

The new trailer looks like typical sterile reboot, one season and cancelled trash.

 

[Lander]

Started watching this today and it feels more like Gossip Girl than Cruel Intentions. It’s entertaining enough for easy viewing.

 

[constantino]

I watched the film for the first time last month and thoroughly enjoyed it - SMG gobbled every scene up.

Saying that, I have zero interest in any further adaptation or sequel of any kind.

 

[BananaJean]

So they’ve basically just taken the plot of the movie and spread it over 8 episodes? Why not just watch the original movie? This seems so pointless.

I guess it wasn’t made for those of us old enough to have loved and appreciated the original movie upon release though is it.

 

[lushLuck]

I watched the entire series and found it so dull. It makes the boring and rightfully short-lived Gossip Girl reboot look envelope-pushing. Like how are the most shocking ‘twists’ a closeted Frat guy and a teacher wanting to sleep with a student? It feels painfully stuck in another decade.

Watch Tell Me Lies on Hulu or Disney+/Star if you want to watch a genuinely jaw-dropping portrayal of beautiful college students having insane sex and playing sociopathic mind games.

 

[Blue6010]

I’m on episode one and, unsurprisingly, the new Sebastian (Lucien) is not a patch on Ryan Philippe.

 

[Smooth Criminal]

The first episode was rotten.

Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists and the Gossip Girl reboot both failed, and had much more charm and more likeable cast than this. I don’t really see what this is bringing to the table that other shows haven’t already done ten times better, and I don’t think it benefits at all from a loose tie to a beloved movie.

 

[unnameable]

I'm going to give this a try. I get @Smooth Criminal 's point that PLL: The Perfectionists had a stacked cast and while I loved it, there was no renewal at the end of the tunnel. Turning a movie into a series can work - my flatmate just binged "The Gentlemen" (I saw the movie, had no desire to watch much of the series) and it looked pretty decent.