‘Clueless’ Sequel Starring Alicia Silverstone Ordered As Limited Series By Paramount+

The Clueless sequel series starring Alicia Silverstone has a new home — and a greenlight. Paramount+ has picked up the project, from Josh Schwartz, Stephanie Savage, Jordan Weiss and CBS Studios, as a limited series. Filming is slated to begin in Los Angeles in 2027. This marks a homecoming for Clueless, which is a Paramount IP. The series is a sequel to the cult-classic 1995 Paramount Pictures teen comedy film starring Silverstone. She will reprise her role as the Beverly Hills’ it-girl Cher Horowitz and will serve as an executive producer on the sequel, which is an eventized, limited series version of the project that was previously in development at Peacock. The general concept has remained the same: Picking 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. Watch on Deadline Schwartz, Savage and Weiss are writing the series, which is executive produced by Schwartz & Savage (The OC, Gossip Girl) via their Fake Empire banner, Weiss (Freakier Friday, Dollface), Silverstone and the original film’s writer-director Amy Heckerling and producer Robert Lawrence. The green light from Paramount+ caps a seven-year journey by CBS Studios, which owns the TV rights to Clueless, to get a series based on the classic movie starring Silverstone, Stacey Dash, Brittany Murphy and Paul Rudd off the ground. The studio initially developed a different Clueless series with different writers centered around Dash’s Dionne character, which was set up to Peacock for development in 2020. It ultimately did not move forward. CBS Studios went on to take another stab at the IP with a new creative team, Schwartz, Savage and Weiss, and Silverstone on board as Cher. That sequel series again landed at Peacock in April 2025. A year later, the NBCUniversal streamer passed on it. The new Paramount+ regime, which was not around when Clueless was originally taken out, had been tracking the project and took action when it became available. “Clueless is coming home,” said Jane Wiseman, Head of Originals for Paramount+. “Thirty-one years ago, Alicia Silverstone’s Cher Horowitz captivated audiences with her signature chic style, sharp wit and relentless optimism, helping make Clueless a box office hit and instant pop culture classic. We’re especially proud to be filming this much-anticipated series in Los Angeles, honoring its starring role in the original film while investing in the city’s exceptional talent and crews.” The latest round of California TV tax incentives has not been made public yet but Clueless is rumored to have made the list. This marks the first new series order by Paramount+ from corporate sibling CBS Studios since the regime change at the streamer following Skydance’s August 2025 acquisition of Paramount. Other scripted series greenlighted by Paramount+ post-merger include Laird, starring Kenneth Branagh, and 9/12, starring Jeremy Strong, both from Paramount’s other major TV studio, the streaming-focused Paramount TV Studios; as well as Discretion, starring Nicole Kidman and Elle Fanning; and Fear Not, headlined by Anne Hathaway. CBS TV Studios’ predecessor, Paramount Network Television, was behind the 1996 half-hour comedy series Clueless, created by Heckerling, which ran for three seasons, one on ABC and two on UPN, with Rachel Blanchard playing Cher since Silverstone was not available, with Dash reprising her role as Dionne. The Clueless movie (and 1996 series), loosely adapted from Jane Austen’s 1815 novel Emma, chronicled the adventures of Cher Horowitz, a stylish, wealthy and popular California girl who attends Bronson Alcott High. Last summer, the film marked its 30th anniversary with a 35mm screening at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, which reunited the original cast and Heckerling. Clueless was also recently added to the US National Film Registry by the Library of Congress.