Cruel Intentions (2016)

Interesting facts

• Based on: Les Liaisons dangereuses and Cruel Intentions

Cruel Intentions is an unaired television pilot produced by Original Film and Sony Pictures Television for NBC. Part of the franchise of the same name, the pilot serves as a direct sequel to the 1999 film by Roger Kumble, which is based on the 1782 French novel Les Liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos.

Production

The series pilot, a direct sequel to the 1999 film Cruel Intentions, was co-written by the film's writer-director Roger Kumble and Lindsey Rosin and Jordan Ross, who created Cruel Intentions: The '90s Musical. Kumble directed the pilot, which he executive produced with the film's producer Neal H. Moritz.

In February 2016, producers were in talks with Gellar to reprise her role of Kathryn Merteuil from the film. That month, Taylor John Smith and Samantha Logan were both cast, with Smith playing the male lead role of Bash Casey. Gellar reached a deal with producers to join the show.

Several months later, on October 31, NBC passed on the project, but Sony Pictures Television was shopping the pilot with other networks. During an interview in 2022, Gellar revealed that she was grateful that the series was not picked up by NBC, as she felt that a Cruel Intentions series was more suited for a streaming service and did not work as a network show.

In 2021, a third adaptation of the franchise into a television series was announced by Amazon Studios. The series premiered in November 2024 on Amazon Prime Video but was canceled after one season.

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