Paramount+ gave a six-episode series order on Thursday, July 30, to a sequel of the 1995 film Clueless, bringing Alicia Silverstone back to Beverly Hills as Cher Horowitz. The show is set in the present day, where Cher is now a successful businesswoman and mother navigating her daughter's high school years. Production is slated to begin in Los Angeles in 2027.
The greenlight puts the city's luxury retail corridors and lifestyle back on screen for a new generation. The original film turned Beverly Hills High School, Rodeo Drive, and the Golden Triangle into pop-culture shorthand for aspiration and style, grossing $88 million worldwide on a $12 million budget. In 2025, the Library of Congress added Clueless to the National Film Registry as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
Jane Wiseman, head of originals for Paramount+, said in a Thursday statement that the streamer is proud to film the series in Los Angeles, honoring the city's starring role in the original film and investing in local talent and crews.
The series is written by Josh Schwartz, Stephanie Savage, and Jordan Weiss. Schwartz and Savage produce under their Fake Empire banner, known for Gossip Girl and The O.C. Silverstone executive produces alongside original writer-director Amy Heckerling and original producer Robert Lawrence. CBS Studios, which owns the TV rights to Clueless, will produce.
A seven-year journey home
The greenlight caps what Deadline called a seven-year effort by CBS Studios to launch a Clueless series. The project was previously set up at Peacock with Universal Television attached as co-studio, but Peacock passed in April 2026. Paramount+ then picked it up, keeping the franchise entirely within the Paramount family.
The move aligns with Paramount+'s post-merger strategy under the Paramount-Skydance leadership completed in August 2025. The streamer has been pursuing female-skewing content, also commissioning projects starring Nicole Kidman and Anne Hathaway.
Local production boost
The production has submitted paperwork with the California Film Commission to receive state tax subsidies, according to Variety. Deadline reported the series is rumored to have made the latest round of California TV tax incentive awards, though the list had not been made public as of July 30.
California's expanded Film and Television Tax Credit Program raised its annual cap from $330 million to $750 million and is expected to generate $6.6 billion in statewide economic activity, according to the California Film Commission. Los Angeles logged 5,121 shoot days in the first quarter of 2026, a 10.7% increase over the 4,625 shoot days recorded in the fourth quarter of 2025, according to Mayor Karen Bass.
In a 2012 interview, Heckerling explained why she chose Beverly Hills as the franchise's home: "I knew [Clueless] would be set in Beverly Hills because it's a hyper-pastel fantasy place." Three decades later, that fantasy is getting a second act on Paramount+.
No additional original cast members have been confirmed, and no premiere date has been announced.
