Iconic '90s comedy set for TV reboot with original star returning

As if! Classic '90s comedy Clueless is getting the reboot treatment with a new TV series in the works – and an original star is back on board. Released in 1995, Clueless follows Cher Horowitz (Alicia Silverstone), the queen bee in her Beverly Hills high school who seems to have it all.

She sees herself as a bit of a matchmaker, and after successfully setting up two of her strict teachers, she decides to give hopelessly klutzy new student Tai (Brittany Murphy) a makeover.

But when Tai grows more popular than her and develops feelings for Cher's sharp-tongued, idealistic step-brother, Josh (Paul Rudd), Cher reconsiders her ways.

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For the TV series reboot, Breckin Meyer is set to reprise his role as Travis Birkenstock, the laid-back high school stoner with a heart of gold.

He is also attached as a writer on the series, which he described as the "ultimate version" of him "doing both things".

"I’ve been in the writers’ room on this show they’re doing of Clueless, a new version of Clueless," he said during an appearance on One Question.

He continued: "Writing on a character that I played 30 years ago, and trying to figure out what he would say now, and it’s really fun to put it in my head and try to think."

"When [the new series] came about, I was like, 'I’m curious, what are you guys thinking?' When I read it, I was like, 'Oh, that’s actually pretty damn interesting, so let’s delve into that'," he said.

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Meyer also said that Silverstone would return as Cher for the six-episode series coming to Paramount+.

It will pick up 30 years after the events of the original film, with filming expected to begin in 2027.

It's not the first time Clueless has been adapted for TV, with ABC creating a series in 1996 with original stars Stacey Dash, Donald Faison, Elisa Donovan, and Wallace Shawn.

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