The "Heathers" are back.
Bravo is set to bring the 1980s cult classic, "Heathers," to the small screen in a new scripted series.
The 1988 film "Heathers" starred Winona Ryder as Veronica, who was part of the most popular group of girls at Westerburg High School. Along with Veronica was the evil leader Heather Chandler (Kim Walker), the brainy bulimic Heather Duke (Shannen Doherty) and the gullible cheerleader Heather McNamara (Lisanne Falk).
The reboot version of "Heathers" will take place in the present day, picking up 20 years after the movie left off. Veronica moves back to Sherwood with her teenage daughter, who enters high school to deal with the next generation of mean girls, the “Ashleys,” daughters of the surviving “Heathers.”
Mark Rizzo ("The Man Date," "Zip") and Jenny Bicks ("The Big C," "Men In Trees") will executive produce the upcoming Bravo series. "Heathers" is a redevelopment of a project originally...
Bravo is set to bring the 1980s cult classic, "Heathers," to the small screen in a new scripted series.
The 1988 film "Heathers" starred Winona Ryder as Veronica, who was part of the most popular group of girls at Westerburg High School. Along with Veronica was the evil leader Heather Chandler (Kim Walker), the brainy bulimic Heather Duke (Shannen Doherty) and the gullible cheerleader Heather McNamara (Lisanne Falk).
The reboot version of "Heathers" will take place in the present day, picking up 20 years after the movie left off. Veronica moves back to Sherwood with her teenage daughter, who enters high school to deal with the next generation of mean girls, the “Ashleys,” daughters of the surviving “Heathers.”
Mark Rizzo ("The Man Date," "Zip") and Jenny Bicks ("The Big C," "Men In Trees") will executive produce the upcoming Bravo series. "Heathers" is a redevelopment of a project originally...
- 9/12/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
The "Heathers" are back.
Bravo is set to bring the 1980s cult classic, "Heathers," to the small screen in a new scripted series.
The 1988 film "Heathers" starred Winona Ryder as Veronica, who was part of the most popular group of girls at Westerburg High School. Along with Veronica was the evil leader Heather Chandler (Kim Walker), the brainy bulimic Heather Duke (Shannen Doherty) and the gullible cheerleader Heather McNamara (Lisanne Falk).
The reboot version of "Heathers" will take place in the present day, picking up 20 years after the movie left off. Veronica moves back to Sherwood with her teenage daughter, who enters high school to deal with the next generation of mean girls, the “Ashleys,” daughters of the surviving “Heathers.”
Mark Rizzo ("The Man Date," "Zip") and Jenny Bicks ("The Big C," "Men In Trees") will executive produce the upcoming Bravo series. "Heathers" is a redevelopment of a project originally...
Bravo is set to bring the 1980s cult classic, "Heathers," to the small screen in a new scripted series.
The 1988 film "Heathers" starred Winona Ryder as Veronica, who was part of the most popular group of girls at Westerburg High School. Along with Veronica was the evil leader Heather Chandler (Kim Walker), the brainy bulimic Heather Duke (Shannen Doherty) and the gullible cheerleader Heather McNamara (Lisanne Falk).
The reboot version of "Heathers" will take place in the present day, picking up 20 years after the movie left off. Veronica moves back to Sherwood with her teenage daughter, who enters high school to deal with the next generation of mean girls, the “Ashleys,” daughters of the surviving “Heathers.”
Mark Rizzo ("The Man Date," "Zip") and Jenny Bicks ("The Big C," "Men In Trees") will executive produce the upcoming Bravo series. "Heathers" is a redevelopment of a project originally...
- 9/12/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Aol TV.
Veronica Sawyer is coming to Bravo!
No, she’s not a Real Housewife just yet, but Bravo has announced that they want you to watch what happens as they delve into scripted television with a series based on the 1988 teen classic, Heathers. The show will take place in the present day, and will have Veronica (the Winona Ryder character from the film) move back to Sherwood with her teenage daughter. The daughter must deal with a new generation of high school drama in the form of the Plastics “Ashleys,” the daughters of the surviving Heathers.
The show is being executive...
No, she’s not a Real Housewife just yet, but Bravo has announced that they want you to watch what happens as they delve into scripted television with a series based on the 1988 teen classic, Heathers. The show will take place in the present day, and will have Veronica (the Winona Ryder character from the film) move back to Sherwood with her teenage daughter. The daughter must deal with a new generation of high school drama in the form of the Plastics “Ashleys,” the daughters of the surviving Heathers.
The show is being executive...
- 9/12/2012
- by Erin Strecker
- EW - Inside TV
Heathers: The Musical? Thank you, ma’am, may I have another! Heathers: The TV Show. What’s your damage, Hollywood? News broke late last week that Fox was working on a contemporary take on the 1989 cult classic. And while I’m not ready to do anything inappropriate with a chainsaw — gently or otherwise — I can’t say I’m too enthusiastic.
The problem with any adaptation of Heathers is, of course, tone.
The jet-black comedy of Heathers worked on film because of its pitch-perfect delivery. It was equal-parts mean and hilarious which cut close enough to the bone to leave a scar. Dying is easy, satire is hard like drinking Drano.
The film is being adapted for the small screen by Mark Rizzo (whose previous credit includes a failed pilot called Zip) with help from Sex and the City alum Jenny Bicks. The project is still in the script stage.
The problem with any adaptation of Heathers is, of course, tone.
The jet-black comedy of Heathers worked on film because of its pitch-perfect delivery. It was equal-parts mean and hilarious which cut close enough to the bone to leave a scar. Dying is easy, satire is hard like drinking Drano.
The film is being adapted for the small screen by Mark Rizzo (whose previous credit includes a failed pilot called Zip) with help from Sex and the City alum Jenny Bicks. The project is still in the script stage.
- 9/2/2009
- by dorothy snarker
- AfterEllen.com
According to my impressive research skills, Heathers (starring Winona Ryder and Christian Slater) came out in 1989, which would mean that I was about 10 years old at the time. I really don't think it was appropriate for a 10 year old, but I distinctly remember watching and loving this movie.
For those of you who don't remember, Heatherswas the story Veronica Sawyer (Ryder) who was friends with a group of b*tchy highschool girls, most of whom were named Heather. Enter the tortured rebel, J.D. (played to perfection by Slater and his greasy hair). He and Veronica embark on a series of adventures wherein they "accidentally" start killing the Heathers and make it look like a suicide. Then suicide becomes cool and all the kids want to start doing it. It's basically a look at cliques in highschool, teenage angst and serial killing.
Sounds pretty whack, right? It was, but in an awesome,...
For those of you who don't remember, Heatherswas the story Veronica Sawyer (Ryder) who was friends with a group of b*tchy highschool girls, most of whom were named Heather. Enter the tortured rebel, J.D. (played to perfection by Slater and his greasy hair). He and Veronica embark on a series of adventures wherein they "accidentally" start killing the Heathers and make it look like a suicide. Then suicide becomes cool and all the kids want to start doing it. It's basically a look at cliques in highschool, teenage angst and serial killing.
Sounds pretty whack, right? It was, but in an awesome,...
- 8/27/2009
- by clarissa
- TVovermind.com
Back in July, Winona Ryder revealed that a sequel to the 1989 cult film "Heathers" is in the works and that both she and Christian Slater are set to reprise their roles. It later turned out to be untrue, but not entirely. Variety is reporting that the dark comedy will now be adapted for TV by Mark Rizzo ("Zip"), who is coming up with idea on how to update "Heathers" 20 years after the film appeared in theaters. The original movie revolved around Veronica as she navigates a clique of mean girls -- all named Heather -- and rebels after meeting Jd, the new guy at school. Soon, the Heathers start "accidentally" dying at the hands of Veronica and Jd, who cover up the deaths by faking them as suicides. "We had the title, and talked about doing a film remake at times," said Lakeshore Entertainment prexy Gary Lucchesi. "But doing it...
- 8/27/2009
- WorstPreviews.com
Winona Ryder has been flogging the possibility of a Heathers sequel for years now, and there have also been rumours of a remake, but this week it seems that the 1988 cult classic will finally be re-invented for modern audiences in a slightly different way: on the small screen. Variety [1] reports that Fox and Sony are teaming up with rights holder Lakeshore Entertainment to create a Heathers TV series. It will be developed by writers Mark Rizzo (Zip) and Jenny Bicks (Sex and the City, Men in Trees). The original movie starred Winona Ryder as Veronica, a teenage girl who hooks up with rebellious newcomer J.T. (Christian Slater) and starts killing off all the popular kids at their high school -- including some of her closest friends, three girls all of whom are named Heather. It's a very dark comedy that seems pretty risque even today, so you have to...
- 8/27/2009
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
Welcome to your Thursday morning television briefing. NBC has announced that it is delaying the second season launch of Southland by a month. The Warner Bros. Television-produced series, which premiered last spring, was slated to launch its sophomore season on Friday, September 25th but will now instead debut on Friday, October 23rd. The reason behind the late change? According to Variety's Michael Schneider, "insiders said the Peacock hopes to use the extra month to further promote the show, which they worried was getting lost in the fall marketing shuffle." Southland was meant to launch on the same evening as Medium and Dollhouse. (Variety) Chuck co-creator Josh Schwartz and Chuck producer Matt Miller will write an untitled multi-camera comedy pilot script for CBS about a twenty-something couple who have just gotten married and return home after their honeymoon and must learn how to navigate life together. (The premise was inspired...
- 8/27/2009
- by Jace
- Televisionary
Winona Ryder told us in Empire issue 241 that a Heathers sequel was definitely in the works. We told you it wasn't. But now, according to Variety, more Heathers is on the way, in the form of a TV series jointly produced by Fox, Sony, and Lakeshore Entertainment who own the rights. The original movie is, of course, a dark tale of high school cliques and murderous rebels, starring Nona, Christian Slater and Shannen Doherty. Lakeshore's Gary Lucchesi says that the idea for a sequel or a remake had surfaced at various times, "but doing it for TV seemed like a fresh and original idea."Jenny Bicks, who worked on Sex and the City, is on board as a writer and executive producer, alongside Mark Rizzo, whose only credit we can find so far is a TV pilot called Zip,Heathers was a pretty self-contained story, and a sequel would have...
- 8/27/2009
- EmpireOnline
Josh Cooke is set to star in the CBS comedy pilot My Best Friend's Girl.
Meanwhile, Nicole Sullivan has been tapped as the lead in the Lifetime comedy pilot Rita Rocks, joined by Richard Ruccolo and Tisha Campbell Martin.
Additionally, Erinn Hayes has landed the female lead in the CBS comedy pilot Worst Week, and Kay Panabaker has joined NBC's comedy pilot Zip.
Girl, from Sony, is a multicamera comedy about two male best friends who own a bike shop and whose relationship becomes complicated when one (Tim Peper) starts dating the ex-wife of the other (Cooke).
Cooke recently played the male lead on the ABC comedy Big Day.
The multicamera Rita, from Media Rights Capital, centers on Rita Sullivan), an overworked wife and mother in the middle of a full-blown identity crisis who starts a garage band with her postal carrier Patty (Campbell Martin) as well as her neighbor.
Ruccolo, repped by APA and Brillstein Entertainment Partners, will play Rita's husband, a handsome former jock who now spends his days working 9 to 5 in a jacket and tie.
Meanwhile, Nicole Sullivan has been tapped as the lead in the Lifetime comedy pilot Rita Rocks, joined by Richard Ruccolo and Tisha Campbell Martin.
Additionally, Erinn Hayes has landed the female lead in the CBS comedy pilot Worst Week, and Kay Panabaker has joined NBC's comedy pilot Zip.
Girl, from Sony, is a multicamera comedy about two male best friends who own a bike shop and whose relationship becomes complicated when one (Tim Peper) starts dating the ex-wife of the other (Cooke).
Cooke recently played the male lead on the ABC comedy Big Day.
The multicamera Rita, from Media Rights Capital, centers on Rita Sullivan), an overworked wife and mother in the middle of a full-blown identity crisis who starts a garage band with her postal carrier Patty (Campbell Martin) as well as her neighbor.
Ruccolo, repped by APA and Brillstein Entertainment Partners, will play Rita's husband, a handsome former jock who now spends his days working 9 to 5 in a jacket and tie.
- 3/10/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
With the end of the writers strike, casting has picked up on some of the pilots ordered before and during the work stoppage.
Tim Peper has been tapped as one of the two leads in the CBS comedy pilot My Best Friend's Girl, and Bernardo De Paula has joined another NBC pilot, the comedy Zip.
On the cable side, Dorian Brown is set as a lead in the ABC Family series Roommates, while Michael Mosley has been added to A&E's drama pilot Danny Fricke.
Girl, from Sony Pictures TV and writer Mike Sikowitz, is a multicamera comedy about two male best friends who own a bike shop and whose relationship becomes complicated when one (Peper) starts dating the other's ex-wife.
Zip, also from UMS, centers on Trip Stringer (Steven Weber), a guy with no money living in Beverly Hills who, with the help of his Latino partner, Hugo (De Paula), and a colorful cast of accomplices concoct one scheme after another in the hopes of making it big and securing the glamorous Beverly Hills lifestyle for his three children.
Tim Peper has been tapped as one of the two leads in the CBS comedy pilot My Best Friend's Girl, and Bernardo De Paula has joined another NBC pilot, the comedy Zip.
On the cable side, Dorian Brown is set as a lead in the ABC Family series Roommates, while Michael Mosley has been added to A&E's drama pilot Danny Fricke.
Girl, from Sony Pictures TV and writer Mike Sikowitz, is a multicamera comedy about two male best friends who own a bike shop and whose relationship becomes complicated when one (Peper) starts dating the other's ex-wife.
Zip, also from UMS, centers on Trip Stringer (Steven Weber), a guy with no money living in Beverly Hills who, with the help of his Latino partner, Hugo (De Paula), and a colorful cast of accomplices concoct one scheme after another in the hopes of making it big and securing the glamorous Beverly Hills lifestyle for his three children.
- 2/25/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
"Zip" is back in contention at NBC.
NBC has handed out a cast-contingent pilot order to the Universal Media Studios/Reveille project, which was originally developed last season when it was picked up by the network as a pilot directed by Dan Attias and starring Rob Huebel.
Written by Mark Rizzo, Marc Abrams and Michael Benson, "Zip" revolves around "have nots" living in a ZIP code full of "haves."
NBC's previous regime passed on the pilot in May. When Reveille's Ben Silverman joined the network as co-chairman in June, he put the project back in development.
Rizzo, Abrams and Benson penned a new script, which is getting a cast-contingent green light. Richard Shepard is set to direct the new pilot, which is exec produced by Abrams and Benson. Rizzo is serving as supervising producer.
"Zip" is one of two Reveille/UMS comedy pilots at NBC, along with "Kath & Kim," which also is casting.
NBC has handed out a cast-contingent pilot order to the Universal Media Studios/Reveille project, which was originally developed last season when it was picked up by the network as a pilot directed by Dan Attias and starring Rob Huebel.
Written by Mark Rizzo, Marc Abrams and Michael Benson, "Zip" revolves around "have nots" living in a ZIP code full of "haves."
NBC's previous regime passed on the pilot in May. When Reveille's Ben Silverman joined the network as co-chairman in June, he put the project back in development.
Rizzo, Abrams and Benson penned a new script, which is getting a cast-contingent green light. Richard Shepard is set to direct the new pilot, which is exec produced by Abrams and Benson. Rizzo is serving as supervising producer.
"Zip" is one of two Reveille/UMS comedy pilots at NBC, along with "Kath & Kim," which also is casting.
- 9/26/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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