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No. No no no no no no no. no.

I Feel An Urge To Purge: Bravo Is Rebooting Heathers

by Jill Pantozzi | 2:01 pm, September 12th, 2012


WHAT’S YOUR DAMAGE, BRAVO? 

Barring that first outbreak (or second, if you count the title), I’ll try and relay this news as calmly as possible.

“Bravo is continuing its push into original scripted programming, adding five dramas into its development pipeline including a reboot of 1980s cult movie Heathers, ” writes The Hollywood Reporter. The NBCUniversal-owned network, as part of its goal to have original scripted fare on the air next year, is redeveloping Heathers, the 1988 Winona Ryder and Christian Slater feature that The Big C‘s Jenny Bicks and Sony Pictures Television initially sold to Fox three years ago.”

So what’s the premise of this reboot?

“In the updated take, Heathers picks up 20 years later, with Veronica (Ryder’s character) returning home to Sherwood with her teenage daughter, who must contend with the next generation of mean girls: the Ashleys: the daughters of the surviving Heathers,” writes THR.

Frankly, I’m shocked. I thought for sure the Heathers would be the type to name their daughters Heather too.

I will only give this a try if the original actresses are involved. Ryder and Shannen Doherty most of all. But really, wasn’t Mean Girls kind of a reboot of Heathers anyway?

(via The Hollywood Reporter)

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  • miga

    NO. DO NOT WANT.

  • Babs Carlton

    If they included high school versions of all the kids from ‘Recess’ and not just ‘The Ashleys’ maybe I could get behind this.
    Also, you would think that the surviving Heathers would raise their daughters to NOT be mean girls.

  • John Wao

    Unfortunately shows like Awkward and Suburgatory have already beaten them to the punch.

  • http://twitter.com/sanguinepen Lee Jay Stura

    I thought exactly the same thing that the Heathers would name their daughters ‘Heather’.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1349417877 Kim Krzebiot

    Maybe they’re not named Heather cause it isn’t a popular name anymore. Heather was a common name in the 80s, and the new “Heather” is Ashley, so I guess it makes sense. Doesn’t carry quite the same gravitas, though. Here’s hoping the “reboot” is as deliciously dark.

  • diane

    Yeah… no. I’m coming down on the side of no on this.

  • Sarah

    I would be more likely to watch a reboot of Recess where all the Ashleys have named their daughters Heather.

  • http://twitter.com/XandraDust Alexis the Unicorn

    I think I’ll reserve my opinion until after this actually comes out, but I do love the use of Ashley. Ashleys’ are everywhere, and they’re usually not the nice sort.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=507849795 Seanna Tucker

    No. No. No. Also,
    “Bravo is continuing its push into original scripted programming, adding five dramas into its development pipeline including a reboot of 1980s cult movie Heathers” – it’s not original programming if it’s based on something. Look up the word “original” Bravo.

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