Thirty-one years ago, Cher Horowitz walked into a closet that organized her outfits by computer and a generation of teenagers decided that was the most aspirational thing they’d ever seen. Now she’s back — and this time she has a teenager of her own.
Paramount+ greenlighted a six-episode sequel series to “Clueless” on Thursday, with Alicia Silverstone returning as Cher and executive producing alongside original writer-director Amy Heckerling and producer Robert Lawrence, Variety confirmed. The show picks up 30 years after the film, with Cher running a successful business and navigating motherhood — until her own daughter hits high school and suddenly Cher finds herself feeling “clueless” all over again. Filming is expected to get underway in Los Angeles sometime in 2027.
The road here was anything but smooth. The project originally landed at Peacock in early 2025, built around a new creative team that included Josh Schwartz, Stephanie Savage, and Jordan Weiss alongside Silverstone, Deadline reported. Peacock passed on it in April. Paramount+ — the company that actually owns the “Clueless” IP, since it originated as a Paramount Pictures film — had been tracking the project and moved quickly once it became available. According to Deadline, Paramount+ Originals chief Jane Wiseman described the project as a homecoming for the beloved Clueless franchise.
Schwartz and Savage, the duo behind “The O.C.” and “Gossip Girl,” are writing the scripts with Weiss, who co-wrote “Freakier Friday.” All three serve as executive producers, per Hollywood Reporter, which noted the series will shoot on location in Los Angeles — the same city that starred in the original film, including its famous scenes at Occidental College in Eagle Rock.
This isn’t the first time someone has tried to extend Cher’s story beyond the original movie. A TV series also titled “Clueless” ran on ABC from 1997 before moving to UPN for its final two seasons, with Rachel Blanchard stepping into the role after Silverstone was unavailable, Consequence noted. That version is largely forgotten. This one has the original star front and center and the original creative team behind her, which is a materially different pitch.
The original 1995 film grossed $56.6 million domestically on a $12 million budget, a return that launched Silverstone into the A-list and turned Heckerling’s clever Jane Austen riff into a pop culture institution. The film celebrated its 30th anniversary last summer with a cast and director reunion at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, and the Library of Congress added it to the National Film Registry earlier this year, Just Jared reported. Silverstone had also briefly reprised the role for a Super Bowl commercial a couple of years ago, testing the waters for exactly this kind of return, per Bleeding Cool.
No premiere date has been set, and no additional casting beyond Silverstone has been announced. With production not starting until 2027, the series is realistically a late 2027 or early 2028 arrival on Paramount+, per UPI.
