Clueless is a Paramount Pictures comedy franchise created by Amy Heckerling. The franchise itself originally started as a 1995 American comedy film by Amy Heckerling and starring Alicia Silverstone. And then started as the 1996 subsequent television series right after the film's release. Cult-classic "Clueless" (1995) is a modern retelling of a Jane Austen novel. "Clueless" is loosely based on Jane Austen's 1815 novel, "Emma."
Film[]
- Main article: Clueless (film)
The franchise's origin mostly took place in the film and it is also Paramount's very own Emma novel as the fans said.
Spin-offs and adaptations[]
Television[]
- Main article: Clueless (television series)
In 1996, the producers created a spin-off television series, which followed parallel storylines of Cher and her friends. Several cast members from the film went on to star in the series, with the notable exceptions of Silverstone (who went on to sign a film deal with Columbia-TriStar worth $10 million) and Rudd (whose film career began to take off). Silverstone was replaced in the series with actress Rachel Blanchard.
In October 2019, it was announced that CBS would be adapting the film into a drama series. The series will be centered around Dionne after Cher goes missing, and is described by Deadline as a "baby pink and bisexual blue-tinted, tiny sunglasses-wearing, oat milk latte and Adderall-fueled look at what happens when the high school queen bee Cher disappears and her lifelong number two Dionne steps into Cher's vacant Air Jordans."[1] On August 14, 2020, it was moved to NBCUniversal's streaming service known as Peacock.[2] In May 2021, it was reported that the series would not be moving forward at Peacock and would be redeveloping at CBS Studios.[3]
Books[]
- Main article: Clueless (novels)
Simon Spotlight Entertainment spun off a collection of paperback books, from 1995 to 1999, aimed at adolescent readers.[4]
In 2015, to celebrate the film's twentieth anniversary, pop culture writer Jen Chaney published a book titled As If!: The Oral History of Clueless. The book is based on exclusive interviews with Amy Heckerling, Alicia Silverstone, and other cast and crew members. Excerpts from the book were published in Vanity Fair.[5][6]
Comics[]
- Main article: Clueless (comics)
A comic book series was launched in 2017.[7]
Stage musical[]
:Main article: Clueless: The Musical
Clueless: The Musical opened in New York City on December 11, 2018, as part of The New Group's 2018–2019 season. The show was written by Heckerling and starred Dove Cameron as Cher and Dave Thomas Brown as Josh. It closed on January 12, 2019.[8]
The musical was a jukebox musical featuring pop songs from the 1990s, though with lyrics mostly or entirely rewritten by Heckerling to fit the storyline. Songs adapted from the movie's soundtrack included "Supermodel" and "Kids in America."
Video games[]
- Main article: Clueless CD-ROM
Clueless CD-ROM was released in 1997.[9] Paramount announced in 2008 that they would be releasing video games based on their franchise, Clueless, Mean Girls and Pretty in Pink.[10] The games was planned to be released on both the PC and the Nintendo DS, but only the PC games were released. Clueless on PC was released in 2009.[11] The DS game was found by Youtuber Bobdunga in 2021[12] and a full playthrough of the game was released on her channel on April 1, 2021.[13] In 2017, Episode launched an animated web story based on the film.[14]
References[]
- ↑ Dawson, Brit (2019-10-18). "The Clueless reboot will focus on Dionne" (en). Dazed.
- ↑ Petski, Denise (August 14, 2020). "'Clueless' Series Reboot Lands At Peacock".
- ↑ Goldberg, Lesley (May 14, 2021). "'Clueless' Mystery Reboot Passed Over at Peacock (Exclusive)".
- ↑ "Archived copy".
- ↑ Jen Chaney. "As If!".
- ↑ Jen Chaney (June 9, 2015). "An Oral History of Clueless - Vanity Fair".
- ↑ "BOOM! Studios Reveals New Preview of Clueless: One Last Summer" (November 2, 2018).
- ↑ Gans, Andrew. "Clueless Musical, Starring Dove Cameron, Begins Previews November 20".
- ↑ "Clueless: CD-ROM for Windows (1997)". MobyGames.
- ↑ "Pretty in Pink, Mean Girls, Clueless games announced" (en-US). GameSpot.
- ↑ "Pretty in Pink; Clueless; Mean Girls" (en-US). Variety (2009-04-22).
- ↑ Template:Cbignore
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- ↑ "Pocket Gems' Episode brings back Clueless as an interactive mobile game" (August 16, 2017).
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