"Cruel Intentions" to be remade into a TV Series on NBC.
It looks like FOX isn't the only one looking to rip iconic movies into a TV series. Apparently, NBC just ordered a pilot script for "Cruel Intentions." As we all remember, the movie ended with Annette Hargrove driving off with Sebastian Valmont's journal. Well, this TV reboot will pick up with the twosome's son, Bash Casey.
16 year old Bash Casey comes across his father's journal and finds out all the nasty little secrets of his family. The young man leaves his Kansas upbringing and moves to San Francisco. He starts school at Brighton Preparatory Academy on a scholarship. Not long after arriving, he finds himself mixed up in a similar world as his parents.
I remember seeing this movie in the theater when I was a teenager. The music was amazing, I loved the relationship between Annette and Sebastian (it was even better that the actors themselves were involved off-screen. It made their work on-screen more passionate).
As much as I love the movie, I do NOT love the idea of a remake of this movie for the small screen. Remember Cruel Intentions 2 and 3? Those movies alone nearly butchered the good memory of the original.
On the flip side, having the story pick up with Annette and Sebastian's son? It is an interesting twist, but shouldn't we remember Annette as the innocent teen girl that fell in love with a reformed bad boy? Why tarnish that reputation?
I guess I need to know more about the series in order to feel better about it. After those two made-for-tv movies, I have no trust in reboots.
16 year old Bash Casey comes across his father's journal and finds out all the nasty little secrets of his family. The young man leaves his Kansas upbringing and moves to San Francisco. He starts school at Brighton Preparatory Academy on a scholarship. Not long after arriving, he finds himself mixed up in a similar world as his parents.
My Two Cents:
I remember seeing this movie in the theater when I was a teenager. The music was amazing, I loved the relationship between Annette and Sebastian (it was even better that the actors themselves were involved off-screen. It made their work on-screen more passionate).
As much as I love the movie, I do NOT love the idea of a remake of this movie for the small screen. Remember Cruel Intentions 2 and 3? Those movies alone nearly butchered the good memory of the original.
On the flip side, having the story pick up with Annette and Sebastian's son? It is an interesting twist, but shouldn't we remember Annette as the innocent teen girl that fell in love with a reformed bad boy? Why tarnish that reputation?
I guess I need to know more about the series in order to feel better about it. After those two made-for-tv movies, I have no trust in reboots.
