Listen up, bus trash! We’re about to discuss both parts of Thursday’s Heathers premiere. If you don’t want to be spoiled, you should probably turn back now. Dear Diary… Nearly two years after being ordered to series, Paramount Network’s long-shelved Heathers reboot — based on the 1988 cult classic — has finally arrived, and no one is safe. […]
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Heathers Reboot Scrapped Entirely at Paramount Network
Here’s a nasty rumor that’s actually true: After a delayed start, Paramount Network has decided not to air the upcoming Heathers TV reboot at all, according to The Hollywood Reporter. RELATEDCable/Streaming Scorecard: What’s Renewed? What’s Cancelled? The network ultimately decided that the reboot’s satirical depiction of violence inside a high school “didn’t feel right,” Paramount Network […]
The ‘Heathers’ TV Show is a Rotten, Misguided Riff on the Original Movie
(This review was written before the Paramount Network made the decision to delay the premiere of Heathers until later this year. As the pilot episode is still available on the network’s site, we have made the decision to run the review.) Michael Lehmann’s 1988 high school masterpiece Heathers, with a laser-sharp script by Daniel Waters, […]
‘Heathers’ TV Show Delayed Due to Parkland School Shooting
The already-controversial Heathers TV show has been delayed in the wake of the Parkland school shooting. The Paramount Network series was set to debut next week, but will now air at a later, undetermined date. You’ll have to wait a bit longer to see the Heathers TV show, if you want to see it at all. The […]
Heathers Reboot Delayed in Wake of Florida School Shooting
Paramount Network is erring on the side of sensitivity and delaying the March 7 premiere of Heathers in the wake of this month’s school shooting in Parkland, Florida, that left 17 people dead. RELATED
‘Heathers’ TV Show Trailer: Teenage Angst Still Has a Body Count
These aren’t the Heathers you remember. In the 1988 cult classic, the original Heathers, played with icy conviction by Kim Walker, Shannon Doherty, and Lisanne Falk, were willowy, beautiful mean girls who terrorized their fellow high school students — until Winona Ryder and Christian Slater’s rebellious outsiders took fatal action against them. Heathers was a heightened, sadistic satire of the […]
Heathers Trailer: Shannen Doherty, Selma Blair Appear in NSFW First Look
The following is an actual line of dialogue from Paramount Network’s upcoming Heathers series: “She looks like if Jim Henson got in one last puppet before he died.” RELATEDWaco Trailer: Taylor Kitsch Preaches Fire and Brimstone as David Koresh The new Heathers premieres Wednesday, March 7 at 10/9c on Paramount Network. Hit PLAY on the […]
TV Goes to the Movies: Your Guide to 60+ Adaptations — Galaxy Quest, Heathers, The Karate Kid and More
Ever walk out of a movie theater and think to yourself, “That would have made a great TV show”? If so, you’re on the same wavelength as most Hollywood executives these days. Though movies have long been getting adapted as television shows, the trend has picked up serious steam in the last few years. It […]
Jay Baruchel Wants to Make a ‘Goon’ Sequel That’s ‘Heathers’ Meets ‘Mighty Ducks’
The story of Doug Glatt (Sean William Scott) and his mighty fists might not end with Goon: Last of the Enforcers. Co-writer/director Jay Baruchel‘s sequel comes five after the release of the first movie, which has a passionate fanbase in both movie and hockey fans. Hopefully, they’ll help make more than a single Goon sequel happen because Baruchel has […]
‘Heathers’ TV Show Trailer: A Modern Reimagining of an ’80s Cult Classic
Heathers is the latest classic film title to get adapted into a television series. What was originally going to be a half-hour TV Land comedy series based on the 1988 cult classic was turned into an hour-long comedy for the Paramount Network, which will soon take the place of Spike TV. Like Fargo, Heathers is planned as an anthology […]