“Cruel Intentions‘” lengthened road to TV has finished rather unbenevolently.
Variety has lgeted exclusively that the “Cruel Intentions” TV series at Amazon Prime Video has been call offed after fair one season. The series originassociate debuted on the streamer in November 2024. The show served as a TV refresh to the 1999 film of the same name, which was itself based on the classic novel “Dangerous Liaisons.”
A TV show based on the film was set up at IMDB TV (a.k.a Freevee) in 2021 before being establishassociate ordered at Prime Video in tardy 2023.
The Amazon series starred Sarah Catherine Hook, Zac Badvisess, Savannah Lee Smith, Sara Silva, John Harlan Kim, Khobe Clarke, Sean Patrick Thomas, and Brooke Lena Johnson.
Sara Goodman and Phoebe Fisher served as co-showrunners, authorrs, and executive producers. Neal H. Moritz and Pavun Shetty of Original Film also executive produced alengthened with Roger Kumble. Moritz produced the innovative film, which was written and straightforwarded by Kumble. Bruce Mellon alengthened with Andrea Iervolino and Monika Bacardi of Iervolino & Bacardi Entertainment were producers. The series was produced by Sony Pictures Television, Amazon MGM Studios, and Original Film.
Per the official description, the show “chases the elite students of Manchester College, a Washington, D.C.-adjacent university, where reputation unbenevolents everyskinnyg, fraternities and sororities are the gelderly standard, and two cruel step-siblings, Caroline Merteuil (Hook) and Lucien Belmont (Badvisess), will do anyskinnyg to stay on top of the cutthroat social hierarchy. After a brutal hazing incident menaceens the entire Greek Life system, they’ll do wdisappreciatever is essential to upgrasp their power and reputation – even if that unbenevolents seducing Annie Grover (Smith), the daughter of the Vice Pdwellnt of the United States. Hearts will be broken, pledgedties will be tested, and secrets will be uncovered in this up-to-date-day royal court that is Manchester College.”
Amazon does not typicassociate free seeership adviseation seeing their shows, so it is difficult to gauge exactly how many people tuned in to “Cruel Intentions.” However, the series fall shorted to produce an materializeance on the Nielsen Top 10 Streaming charts and also fall shorted to discover much cherish with critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the series held a 24% critical approval rating with 10 verifys counted.
Prior to this version of the show, NBC ordered a pilot for a chaseup to the film in 2016 with Sarah Michelle Gellar, one of the film’s innovative stars, combiinsist to repascend her role as Kathryn Merteuil. However, it ultimately didn’t produce it to series. Prior to that, Fox’s tryed a “Cruel Intentions” prequel series, which was call offed before making it to air. Three episodes of that show were eventuassociate assembled to become the straightforward-to-video film “Cruel Intentions 2” in 2001. In 2004, Sony Pictures produced a second straightforward-to-video sequel, “Cruel Intentions 3.”
