Hollywood is still deep in the throes of ’90s nostalgia, as evidenced by the current slew of turn-of-the-millennium projects studios are eager to remix or reboot into prequels, sequels, and spinoffs. The 1995 fan-favorite film Clueless was initially set for a sequel TV series on Peacock, with star Alicia Silverstone meant to reprise her original, iconic role as Cher Horowitz, but the show fell out of development—until another major streamer picked up the show after Peacock and gave it a green light as a limited series instead.Here’s everything we know about the progress of the Clueless reboot.Jump to:Who was initially planning to develop the show?Who is developing the Clueless series now?What will the show be about?Who is in the cast?Has the show entered production yet?What has Silverstone said about the series?Who was initially planning to develop the show?CBS Studios and Universal Television planned to develop Cher’s latest saga for Peacock. Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage of Gossip Girl fame were slated to write and executive produce alongside Dollface creator (and Freakier Friday writer) Jordan Weiss. The 1995 film’s writer-director Amy Heckerling and producer Robert Lawrence also signed on as executive producers.Who is developing the Clueless series now?Deadline reported in July 2026 that Paramount+ picked up the project as a limited series. Weiss, Savage, and Schwartz are still writing and executive producing the project.“We decided to make it an event series because it deserves to be an event,” Paramount+ head of originals Jane Wiseman told Deadline in an August 2026 interview. “We feel like this is going to be something that people are going to come to in droves—already you can tell—if you want to get the cast back together, if you want to see where everyone is.”What will the show be about?Per Deadline, the story will pick up 30 years after the original film: “Beloved Beverly Hills icon Cher Horowitz (Silverstone) has figured out a lot: She’s successful in business and has mastered motherhood—that is, until her daughter’s high school years, and Cher finds that parenting a teenager makes her feel ‘clueless’ all over again.”Who is in the cast?Silverstone is still attached to star in the project. “She will reprise her role as the Beverly Hills’ It girl Cher Horowitz and will serve as an executive producer on the sequel,” Deadline shared in its August 2026 report.While unconfirmed, the show is aiming “to bring as many of the film’s stars—which include Paul Rudd, Stacey Dash, Donald Faison, Wallace Shawn, Jeremy Sisto, and Breckin Meyer—back.”Meyer did join the show. In addition to acting in it, he will also be writing new plotlines for his character, Travis Birkenstock. During his November 2026 appearance on One Question, he said he’s contributing “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?’” he added. “When I read it, I was like, ‘Oh, that’s actually pretty damn interesting, so let’s delve into that.’”Has the show entered production yet?Not yet. Deadline noted that Clueless was able to receive its green light because of a pilot script, but the following episodes have not been written yet. The show will begin filming in Los Angeles in 2027.What has Silverstone said about the series?In June 2025, Alicia Silverstone, Elisa Donovan, Breckin Meyer, Amy Heckerling, as well as costume designer Mona May and casting director Marcia Ross celebrated the film’s 30th anniversary at a screening and panel at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. At the time, Silverstone said there was “nothing” she could reveal about the TV sequel in an interview with People at the event, but Heckerling admitted she was “thrilled to death” it was happening. Silverstone was also asked if she thought she would ever play Cher again.She replied, “I didn’t. And then I did it for the Super Bowl, yeah, and it was so much fun. We did it really at the Super Bowl.” The star was referring to her ad for Rakuten that aired during the big game:View full post on YouTubeIn August 2025, Silverstone shared more about the project in an interview on Today, saying, “I’m really excited about it. I think we’re going to try really hard. The goal is to make it honor what everyone loves about Clueless and Cher. So we want to honor that, but also bring something fresh and new to it. I’m confident that we’ll be able to do that, but we’re in baby stages right now.”This story will be updated.