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Although Heathers (1988) has gone down as a cult classic over the past four decades, it was a career liability for star Winona Ryder after its release.

The 2x Oscar nominee recently revealed the Michael Lehmann-directed teen dark comedy cost her a role alongside Marlon Brando and Matthew Broderick in the 1990 crime comedy The Freshman.

“I was told I was never gonna work again if I did Heathers. I did lose a job,” she told Elle UK, hesitating to reveal the part she lost. “Ok, Ok, I’ll tell you. You remember the movie The Freshman?”

Ryder explained, “They thought it was making fun of teen suicide. They were deeply offended and, yeah, they revoked the offer. I’m like, ‘I can’t work with Marlon Brando?’ But I had to stand my ground. I wasn’t gonna apologise.”

In Heathers, Ryder stars as the formerly unpopular Veronica, who joins...

Amid her rise to fame in the 1980s, Winona Ryder took on one of her most memorable roles when she joined the cast of Heathers. It came with a price, however, as it meant missing out on a chance to co-star in another big movie with Marlon Brando.

Per Elle UK, Ryder reflected on the early years of her career in a new interview. She brought up 1988's Heathers, in which she starred in the lead role as Veronica Sawyer. At the time of the movie's release, she had already been cast to appear in the 1990 film The Freshman alongside Brando. However, she was fired from the project before filming after the filmmakers watched Heathers, offended by its content.

"I was told I was never gonna work again if I did Heathers," Ryder said. "I did lose a job [because of Heathers]. They thought it was making fun of teen suicide. They were deeply offended and,...

At tonight’s gala performance of Heathers The Musical that saw the show welcomed back to New York City by an ecstatic audience made up of such stars as Billy Crystal, Kevin James, Gaten Matarazzo, Jerry Mitchell, Vivienne Jolie; original Heathers screenwriter Daniel Waters, director Michael Lehmann and star Lisanne Falk; and original Heathers The Musical stars Ryan McCartan, Anthony Crivello, Evan Todd, Jon Eidson, Dan Domenech, Aj Meijer, among others, director Andy Fickman took to the stage to announce that the production has extended its limited engagement at New World Stages for an additional four months. Originally scheduled to play through September 28, 2025, Heathers will now play through January 25, 2026. The...

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Winona Ryder plays the role of Abigail Williams in the 1996 film The Crucible. Directed by Nicholas Hytner and written by Arthur Miller, the film explores the Salem Witch Trials involving girls in a small community. Ryder's character, who had an affair with Daniel Day-Lewis' John Proctor, tries to get revenge on his wife by framing her.

The Crucible also stars Paul Scofield, Joan Allen, Bruce Davison, Rob Campbell and Jeffrey Jones, to name a few.

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Starring as Beth Macintyre, also known as The Dying Swan, Ryder takes on the role and paves the way for Natalie Portman's Nina, a talented ballet dancer, in the film Black Swan. The 2010 flick also sees the rivalry between Nina and newcomer Lilly (Mila Kunis).

Following filming,...

Although the film catapulted Winona Ryder to cult queen status, not everyone was onboard with her role in 1988’s Heathers.

The Academy Award nominee recalled that her agent begged on bended knee for her not to take the part of Veronica Sawyer in the “very subversive” teen dark comedy from writer Daniel Waters and director Michael Lehmann.

Recalling the audition process, Ryder said in a video for Harper’s Bazaar, “I wasn’t considered pretty enough, so I went across the street to the Beverly Center, to the Macy’s counter. They had them do a makeover on me. Then I went back and I was like, ‘Please!’

“But my agent at the time literally got down on her knees, she’s like, ‘Please, you’re gonna destroy any chance of a career,'” recounted Ryder.

“But I actually did lose a job right when it was coming out. I...

Stars: Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Shannen Doherty, Lisanne Falk, Kim Walker, Peter Dawson | Written by Daniel Waters | Directed by Michael Lehmann

Heather Chandler (Kim Walker) is the leader of the “Heathers”, a clique of mean girls running their Ohio high school. There are two other Heathers in the group, and then there’s the runt of the litter: Veronica Sawyer (Winona Ryder). Veronica is a bitch, but her engagement with the girls’ cycle of bullying and mockery is reluctant. Smooth, smarmy Jason Dean (Christian Slater) spots this self-doubt and lures Veronica into his carefree, rebellious world. Veronica and Jason spark up an immediately passionate yet toxic romance. Veronica has often thought about killing Miss Chandler, not to mention other bullies at the school, but now she’s met someone who’s really willing to do it.

From the opening scene, where we meet Veronica (who’s also the narrator) buried...

The iconic dark comedy Heathers is set to make a triumphant return with a limited edition 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray release on 5th August 2024. This cult classic, which has captivated audiences with its sharp satire and dark humour, will be available through Arrow Films, featuring a comprehensive collection of special features and a stunning new restoration.

Heathers has long been celebrated as a quintessential piece of modern American cinema, renowned for its biting critique of 1980s high school culture. Set at Westerburg High School, the film follows the story of Veronica Sawyer, a bright and popular student who reluctantly becomes part of an elite group of girls known as the “Heathers.” Disillusioned by their cruelty, Veronica finds herself drawn to the enigmatic Jd. Their partnership takes a deadly turn when a prank on the clique’s leader, Heather Chandler (Kim Walker), leads to her accidental poisoning, staged as a suicide.

“Are we going to prom or to hell?”

What’s the most important decision a teenager can make? Is it what to do with 5 million dollars two days before aliens blow up the planet? Is it what kind of corn nuts make the best pre-fraternity party snack? According to Michael Lehmann’s dark cult comedy Heathers, the most important decision a teenager can make is whether or not to die by suicide. But what if it’s not a decision at all? What if a hot killer couple blasts through the halls of their suburban high school dressing up their murders as altruistic revenge? The Lady Killers conclude Bad Romance month by putting on their red power scrunchies and fucking each other gently with chainsaws on a very special episode covering one of the hottest killer couples of all time.

Veronica Sawyer (Winona Ryder) may be so “very,” but she...

In “Bodies Bodies Bodies,” a dysfunctional group of rich kids who have long outgrown each other hole up in one of their parents’ mansions during a hurricane. When they’ve had enough of getting crossed and making TikToks, they turn to an old pastime: a Mafia-like game called “Bodies Bodies Bodies” that always ends in tears and hurt feelings. This time, though, the stakes aren’t just emotional: after the power cuts out, actual bodies begin to drop. Inside one of these chronically-online narcissists lurks a killer – who could it be?

If that synopsis makes the film seem difficult to categorize, it’s by design. “When [writer Sarah DeLappe] and I started to work together, we both felt that the biggest mistake you can make with a group film – and especially the slasher, or whatever genre you want to call this – is to have all the cliches,” director Halina Reijn said in an interview with TheWrap.

The 1988 cult classic Heathers has seen a recent revival in popularity with its availability on VOD streaming platforms. Following her iconic role as Veronica, Winona Ryder became one of the most in-demand actresses in Hollywood, often starring in quirky, off-beat projects.

Related: 5 Best 80's Teen Movies (& 5 Worst)

Veronica is part of the most popular clique in school, which comprises three equally cruel Heathers: Heather Chandler (Kim Walker), Heather Duke (Shannen Doherty), and Heather McNamara (Lisanne Falk). After Veronica and her boyfriend (Christian Slater) accidentally kill Heather Chandler, Veronica realizes that J.D. wants to murder classmates he doesn't like. Luckily, there is no shortage of movies with something in common with the cult classic '80s dark comedy.

Michael Lehmann's controversial, dark crime-comedy Heathers is largely recognized as one of the most honest depictions of teenagers in a high-school movie. The story of a ruthless female clique willing to stop at nothing to maintain their popularity explores peer pressure, bullying, teenage suicide, and the potentially lethal consequences therein.

Related: 5 Underrated Teen Comedies From The 80s (& 5 From The 90s)

In 2006, Heathers was ranked #5 on Entertainment Weekly's list of 50 Best High School Movies. The film stars Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Shannen Doherty, Kim Walker, Lisanne Falk, and Renee Estevez.

As we start gearing up for the Holiday Shopping Season, there are a new batch of home media releases arriving this week, and a few of those titles might feel right at home on your wish list this year. Heathers, a personal favorite of mine is getting the Steelbook treatment this Tuesday, courtesy of Rlje Films, and in terms of recent horror releases, both 47 Meters Down: Uncaged and Bliss are both hitting Blu-ray and DVD as well.

Scream Factory is showing some love to Stacey Keach and Road Games (1981) this week, and for those of you who enjoy your sibling survival stories with a bit of a nasty twist to them, Arrow Video has put together a special edition release of Flowers in the Attic.

Other Blu and DVD films coming home on November 12th include Wicked World, The Attic, Polaroid, Darkslide, Small Town Killers, and Southern Chillers.

47 Meters Down: Uncaged...

With his feature film debut Heathers, director Michael Lehmann set the world of high school comedies ablaze with his timelessly satirical examination of the horrors of the teenage experience. With its blisteringly pitch-black tone and its razor-sharp dialogue, one of the biggest reasons Heathers continues to resonate with audiences—whether it’s fans who first saw it three decades ago or new generations of fans who continue to discover it to this very day, thanks to the home media market and various streaming platforms that feature Heathers—is the film’s engaging and ingenious cast, who were all able to bring both the memorable characters and screenwriter Daniel Waters’ iconic dialogue to life.

While the entire ensemble of Heathers all played their part in establishing the film as a cult classic in the making, it’s the core quintet of young actors—Winona Ryder (Veronica Sawyer), Christian Slater (J.D.

For his directorial debut, filmmaker Michael Lehmann took on the world of high school comedies with Heathers, the endlessly quotable pitch-black comedy that fearlessly explores the trials and tribulations of the teenage experience. Written by Daniel Waters, Lehmann immediately fell in love with the script from his fellow up-and-comer in Hollywood, and set the wheels in motion to get Heathers into production.

“Dan Waters, who wrote the script, is an amazing screenwriter, and was an acquaintance of mine at the time, and a really good friend of Larry Karaszewski, who was in film school with me at USC. At some point right after I got out of film school, Larry said, ‘You should look at Dan Waters' script. It's really amazing, and he's looking for an agent, and maybe you could help him get one, because I landed an agent coming out of USC with a movie called The Beaver...

"How very." Heather Wixson is joined by special guest Maggie Mackay of the Vidiots Foundation to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Heathers on a new episode of Daily Dead's podcast!

Get ready for a killer round of croquet, because Corpse Club co-host Heather Wixson is joined by Vidiots Foundation Executive Director Maggie Mackay to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Heathers! Listen as Heather and Maggie discuss Michael Lehmann's unforgettable high school dark comedy, including the film's bold performances, satirical social commentary, fearless screenplay (written by Daniel Waters), endlessly quotable dialogue, and its undeniable influence on pop culture and generations of filmmakers. Heather and Maggie also talk about the Heathers 30th anniversary screening in Los Angeles that features a Q&A with Lehmann, Waters, and co-star Lisanne Falk, presented by the Vidiots Foundation, the UCLA Film & Television Archive, and Ace Hotel. So, sit back, relax, and prepare for big fun...

Less than 15 minutes into 1989’s dark comedy “Heathers,” a rebel teenager played by Christian Slater pulls out a gun and fires blanks at two homophobic jocks, a move that would get him arrested today. My roommates and I sat there with our jaws open: Was this supposed to be funny?

We turned on “Heathers” Sunday night because we wanted to watch something from the ’80s. I knew Slater from “Mr. Robot,” and Winona Ryder from “Stranger Things,” so we figured, why not? It wasn’t until later that I learned that Sunday marked the 30th anniversary of the movie’s original release date, March 31, 1989.

But watching “Heathers” is a very different experience in 2019, a time of school shootings and trigger warnings, than it was in 1989. The film is designed to shock and disturb. So if we find “Heathers” to be in bad taste, does that confirm the stereotype that my generation is too sensitive?...

Hey Los Angeles! Our good friends at Vidiots are celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Daniel Waters and Michael Lehmann classic Heathers with a screening at the Ace Theatre on Thursday April 18th at 8pm. The screening will be followed by a conversation with director Lehman, writer Waters, and co-star Lisanne Falk. The screening is $20 in advance (Tix here) but we are giving away 3 pairs of tickets. Want to go? Hit us up on twitter @ScreenAnarchy with the hashtag #HeathersVidiots and we'll randomly chose the winners sometime next week....

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Director Michael Lehmann was shocked when he looked at the New York Times and Los Angeles Times entertainment sections and saw there were no ads for the second week of dark high school comedy “Heathers.”

When the film opened on March 31, 1989, the indie film studio New World had taken out ads for the comedy that featured Winona Ryder and Christian Slater in career-defining performances.

“It had played at Sundance and had gotten a lot of attention,” he noted. “We were really looking forward to see what would happen when it hit theaters. The first weekend was great — a good screen average for a little indie movie like that. We were super happy.”

But without more ads they knew their little film would be in trouble.

“In those days, the way you decided on a movie in L.A. or New York was to look I the L.A. Times or...

Time to bust out those red scrunchies and polish up your croquet mallets, because Heathers is headed to Los Angeles for a special 30th Anniversary Screening Event, courtesy of the Vidiots Foundation and the UCLA Film & Television Archive. On April 18th, this special Heathers celebration will be held at The Theatre at the Ace Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles (929 S. Broadway). After the film, there will be a Q&A featuring director Michael Lehmann, screenwriter Daniel Waters, and Heathers co-star Lisanne Falk.

For those who are interested in coming out to celebrate Lehmann’s brilliant cult comedy that gave birth to a new movement in high school cinema, you can purchase your tickets Here.

And while Heathers’ 30th anniversary may technically be on March 31st, Daily Dead will be kicking off its week-long celebration of Heathers on Monday, April 15th, featuring exclusive interviews, retrospectives, and a few surprises as well.

Network: Paramount Network.

Episodes: Ongoing (hour).

Seasons: Ongoing.

TV show dates: October 25, 2018 — present.

Series status: Has not been cancelled.

Performers include: Grace Victoria Cox, James Scully, Melanie Field, Brendan Scannell, Jasmine Mathews, Drew Droege, Jesse Leigh, Romel De Silva, Deanna Cheng, Adwin Brown, Cameron Gellman, Brett Cooper, Shannen Doherty, Selma Blair, and Casey Wilson.

TV show description:

From creator Jason A. Micallef, the Heathers TV show is a black comedy based on the 1988 Michael Lehmann film starring Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Shannen Doherty, Lisanne Falk, and Kim Walker.

Set in the present-day, Heathers centers on Veronica Sawyer (Cox), who must deal with a vicious popular clique, "The Heathers." Heather Chandler (Field) is the fashion-savvy...

The “Heathers” TV series is finally going to make it to air.

The Paramount Network is planning to release the first season of the show ahead of Halloween, but with edits. Beginning Oct. 25, the cable network will air two episodes a night until Oct. 29. The 10-episode series has been condensed down to nine, with certain scenes edited out . The finale will be followed by the premiere of a new Heather’s themed-episode of “Lip Sync Battle” with series stars Melanie Field and Brendan Scannell.

The entire series will also be made available for streaming on the network’s app and website beginning Oct. 22.

“I am beyond excited that American audiences will finally get to see ‘Heathers,'” said series showrunner Jason Micallef. “Obviously I wish fans could see the tenth episode but the producers and I felt strongly about not changing anything in it, and so, it’s been considered too controversial for U.

Stars: Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Shannen Doherty, Lisanne Falk, Kim Walker, Peter Dawson | Written by Daniel Waters | Directed by Michael Lehmann

It barely registered at the box office in 1988. Yet here I am, 30 years later, in a cinema packed with millennials, watching a 4K restoration in advance of Heather’s re-release on luxury Arrow Blu-ray next month. What a time to be alive.

Heather Chandler (Kim Walker) is the leader of the “Heathers”, a clique of mean girls running their Ohio high school. There are two other Heathers in the group, and then there’s the runt of the litter: Veronica Sawyer (Winona Ryder). Veronica is a bitch, but her engagement with the girls’ cycle of bullying and mockery is reluctant. Smooth, smarmy Jason Dean (Christian Slater) spots this self-doubt and lures Veronica into his carefree, rebellious world. Veronica and Jason spark up an immediately passionate yet toxic romance. Veronica...

For those of a certain age it’s hard to believe three full decades have passed since Winona Ryder and Christian Slater turned the high school comedy sub-genre on its head.

But here we are! And if we’ve all aged as well as Lisanne Falk aka Heather McNamara then we should be pretty pleased with ourselves.

We were fortunate enough to spend some time chatting with Falk, and Heathers director Michael Lehmann, as the two promoted the re-release of the seminal 1988 tale of high school bullying, cliques, ridiculously big hair and fake suicide pacts.

The movie has been given a 4k restoration and is back in selected cinemas now – it’ll also be available to watch in pristine condition on Blu Ray and via on demand from August 20.

Related: The story enduring appeal of Heathers – our look back

Heathers – 30 Years On

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After a decade of era defining American high school comedies (mostly from John Hughes) and tawdry, derivative innuendo-heavy teen sex farces like Porky’s, Meatballs, Beach Balls, Screwballs and Oddballs etc., in 1989 director Michael Lehmann and writer Daniel Waters warped the teen high school comedy with their feature debut, Heathers. This cutting, provocative slice of poisoned cherry pie had cult written all over it from the outset with its weaving of provocative themes such as teen suicide, mass murder and psychosis into the fabric of the high school comedy. Heathers was nothing like anything that had come before it. Aside from its critical success and fast growing fan-base, Lehmann and Waters’ debut left a minimal dent in the box office; raking in just $177, 247 on its opening weekend, despite doing well later on VHS.

Its script was penned from the perspective of Veronica Sawyer (Winona Ryder), a practical scene surfer in...

The planned series version of “Heathers” will not air on Paramount Network as planned, Variety has confirmed.

The move to scrap the series entirely comes after it was pushed from its original March 7 launch date in the wake of the school shooting in Parkland, Florida in February. It was then set to debut on July 10, but the debate around gun control and school shootings has not abated since, stoked again when another gunman killing 10 people at a high school in Santa Fe, Texas, earlier this month.

The show was originally ordered at fellow Viacom network TV Land before moving over to Paramount Network (formerly Spike TV) last year. The show, based on the 1988 movie of the same name, is described a pitch-black comedy anthology set in the present day, featuring a group of all-new Heathers, who have the same character names from the original film, but this time, the outcasts...

Paramount has released the first full red-band trailer for their upcoming series reboot of the classic 1988 film Heathers. This is said to be a "pitch-black comedy anthology set in the present day." It's definitely not the version of the film that you remember. This is a complete reimagining but it deals with the same issues, and it looks pretty wild.

The original film focused on Veronica (Winona Ryder) and her rebel boyfriend J.D. (Christian Slater), dealing with the social order in high school. The update features a new set of popular-yet-evil Heathers. Only this time around the outcasts have become the high school royalty. This definitely makes for an interesting twist. 

Heather McNamara (originally played by Lisanne Falk) will be portrayed by Jasmine Mathews; Heather Duke (Shannen Doherty in the film) is a male who identifies as gender-queer whose real name is Heath (Brendan Scannell); and Heather Chandler (originally...

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 […]

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Will the youth of today that are the target audience for “Heathers” be acquainted with the original cult teen movie that’s three decades old, that inspired it all? Unlikely. Does it matter? Nope. Paramount Networks isn’t leaning on nostalgia for this TV reboot which could give the cast of “Mean Girls” a run for their money.

Victoria Cox, Jasmine Mathews, Brendan Scannell, and Melanie Field take the leads, playing the roles held, respectively, in the movie by Winona Ryder, Lisanne Falk, Shannen Doherty, and Kim Walker.

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The latest beloved movie to TV show reboot is “Heathers,” which tries to capture with contemporary flavor, the spirit of the cult favorite 1988 original. Whether it succeeds or not, we’ll have to wait and see, but the Paramount Network is feeling confident enough to drop an early tease before the show is released next year.

Victoria Cox, Jasmine Mathews, Brendan Scannell, and Melanie Field take the leads, playing the roles held, respectively, in the movie by Winona Ryder, Lisanne Falk, Shannen Doherty, and Kim Walker.

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Greetings and salutations. TV Land's Heathers TV show pilot has found its Veronica and Jd. Deadline reports Grace Victoria Cox is set as Veronica. She played Melanie Cross in Under the Dome. CBS cancelled the sci-fi mystery drama after three seasons. Newcomer James Scully will play Jd.Inspired by the 1988 film starring Winona Ryder and Christian Slater as Veronica and Jd, the new Heathers will be an anthology series. Jason A. Micallef is writing. Lakeshore Entertainment’s Tom Rosenberg and Gary Lucchesi executive produce. In the original movie, Shannen Doherty, Lisanne Falk, and Kim Walker played the Heathers.Read More…...

What is your damage? TV Land has greenlit the Heathers TV show pilot, inspired by the 1988 feature film starring Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Shannen Doherty, Lisanne Falk, and Kim Walker. As revealed when cable outlet ordered the pilot script in March, the new potential series is set in the present and will be an anthology.Writer and director Leslye Headland has been tapped to direct. She was a staff writer on Terriers, which was cancelled after one season on FX. Jason A. Micallef wrote the pilot. Lakeshore Entertainment’s Tom Rosenberg and Gary Lucchesi are executive producing. The pilot is slated to shoot this fall.Read More…...

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Someone better tell Martha Dunnstock. Deadline reports TV Land has ordered a script for a new anthology series, based on the 1988 film Heathers, which starred Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Shannen Doherty, Lisanne Falk, and Kim Walker.

Put away your shoulder pads that Aqua Net, '80s girls. According to the report, this new project is set in the present day. (Should they maybe re-title it Caitlyns?) Jason A. Micallef is writing. Lakeshore Entertainment's Tom Rosenberg and Gary Lucchesi are executive producing.

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The 1989 cult classic Heathers is about to get a makeover on the small screen, with a new TV series on TV Land. The Hollywood Reporter reveals that TV Land has put a new comedic anthology series based on the movie into development, which will put a much different spin on the story, now set in present-day. The site reports that the anthology aspect of the series will be similar to FX's Fargo, with each season featuring a new group of Heathers in different settings.

The original movie centered on Veronica (Winona Ryder) and her rebel boyfriend J.D. (Christian Slater), who hatch a plot to destroy all of the cool kids at their high school, who are dubbed "Heathers." The new series will center on Veronica, who is dealing with a much different group of Heathers, who are just as evil as they are popular, described as "high school royalty.

“Do you think there’s ever been another movie like Heathers?” Winona Ryder asks in her tiny, forever-a-kid voice, and then listens quietly. She’s genuinely curious. Your brain races through the obvious choices. Mean Girls, Clueless, Jawbreaker—teen-girl comedies with a drop of caustic in their lip gloss. But in 25 years, no high school movie has ever come close to the bloodthirsty wit and sweet-faced nihilism of Heathers, the 1989 satire about an Ohio high school where suicide becomes a scrunchie-level fad. “I looove this movie—to the point where I talk about it like I’m not even in it,...

Going to high school in the 1980s, I was the perfect age to connect with a film like Heathers. Knowing a friend who struggled with suicide and together rolling our eyes at the idiotic depiction of it in many films made it hit even closer to home. Extremely daring for its time, Heathers challenged and threatened media stereotypes of teenagers and high school. Long before Diablo Cody gave an edgy pop vocabulary to high schoolers in Juno, Daniel Waters’ script introduced moviegoers to a particularly colorful jargon that we all licked up. The commentary from Waters, director Michael Lehmman and producer Denise Di Novi on the original DVD release was recorded nine years after the film was released, revealing a look at the film only recently after evolving into a full-on cult classic. Fortunately, the hindsight adds to the darkly sardonic experience. Heathers (1988) Commentator: Michael Lehmann (director), Denise Di Novi (producer), Daniel Waters (writer) 1. Heathers was one...

Internet reaction to the news that Bravo is developing a remake/reboot of "Heathers" was swift and terrible on Wednesday (Sept. 12). As well it should be.

"Commence vomiting up a stomachful of hull-cleaner mimosa and crash to your death through a coffee table," says Grantland.

"What's your damage, Bravo?" asks Indiewire.

"There's no way that can be good. Good grief, there's just no way," laments The Atlantic Wire.

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"If I may appropriate what the movie's fictional band Big Fun said about teenage suicide: Don't do it," says, well, us -- three years ago. We wrote that when a "Heathers" TV project was in the works at Fox in 2009, and now it's back from the dead, with the same writing team -- Jenny Bicks ("The Big C") and Mark Rizzo -- working on it for Bravo.

When the idea first surfaced in 2009, we wondered...

In what is probably the most "Wtf?" news of the day, the classic and killer black comedy Heathers is getting the reboot treatment in the fashion of a new television series for Bravo. Yes, you read that correctly.

According to Deadline, Bravo continues to beef up its scripted development slate with the announcement of five more projects, including "Heathers", a present-day update of the cult 1980s film with writer-exec producer Mark Rizzo and exec producer Jenny Bicks. The project was originally set up at Fox three years ago.

In the original film a regular girl named Veronica (Winona Ryder) tries to survive the social jungle of high school by sticking with the three most popular girls at school, who are all called "Heather" (Shannen Doherty, Lisanne Falk, and Kim Walker). As she meets a sociopath named Jd (Christian Slater), her life spirals into a continuous cycle of hate, unintentional murder,...

Heather, my love, there's a new TV show in town. Not wishing to be left behind in the scripted TV game, Bravo is adding a bevy of new, original programming to its development slate, including a kind of reboot / sequel to the 1988 dark comedy cult hit Heathers, which starred Winona Ryder and Christian Slater as two teenagers who rebel against the reign of the Heathers (Shannen Doherty, Kim Walker and Lisanne Falk) in their high school. The series was envisioned by Jenny Bicks (The Big C), who wants to update the story by setting it 20 years after the first film, where Veronica (Ryder) returns to Sherwood with her daughter who herself must go up against the reigning high school clique - except this time instead of the Heathers it will be the Ashleys (who are actually the daughters of the surviving Heathers).  For more on angel dust, switchblades, and sexually perverse photography (i.

The "Heathers" are back.

Bravo is set to bring the 1980s cult classic, "Heathers," to the small screen in a new scripted series.

The 1988 film "Heathers" starred Winona Ryder as Veronica, who was part of the most popular group of girls at Westerburg High School. Along with Veronica was the evil leader Heather Chandler (Kim Walker), the brainy bulimic Heather Duke (Shannen Doherty) and the gullible cheerleader Heather McNamara (Lisanne Falk).

The reboot version of "Heathers" will take place in the present day, picking up 20 years after the movie left off. Veronica moves back to Sherwood with her teenage daughter, who enters high school to deal with the next generation of mean girls, the “Ashleys,” daughters of the surviving “Heathers.”

Mark Rizzo ("The Man Date," "Zip") and Jenny Bicks ("The Big C," "Men In Trees") will executive produce the upcoming Bravo series. "Heathers" is a redevelopment of a project originally...

The "Heathers" are back.

Bravo is set to bring the 1980s cult classic, "Heathers," to the small screen in a new scripted series.

The 1988 film "Heathers" starred Winona Ryder as Veronica, who was part of the most popular group of girls at Westerburg High School. Along with Veronica was the evil leader Heather Chandler (Kim Walker), the brainy bulimic Heather Duke (Shannen Doherty) and the gullible cheerleader Heather McNamara (Lisanne Falk).

The reboot version of "Heathers" will take place in the present day, picking up 20 years after the movie left off. Veronica moves back to Sherwood with her teenage daughter, who enters high school to deal with the next generation of mean girls, the “Ashleys,” daughters of the surviving “Heathers.”

Mark Rizzo ("The Man Date," "Zip") and Jenny Bicks ("The Big C," "Men In Trees") will executive produce the upcoming Bravo series. "Heathers" is a redevelopment of a project originally...

It’s kind of all the rage to fight bullying these days — Lady Gaga, Glee, Demi Lovato, Ian Somerhalder — all our faves are taking on the mission. So is best-selling Ya author Susane Colasanti, with her newest novel, Keep Holding On, about a girl who’s sick of being ostracized for being poor and stands up to her tormentors. Colasanti herself was once a bullied teen, and she, like some of us, remembers that pop culture’s battle against mean guys and girls is nothing new. Back in the day, there was a fair share of books, TV shows and movies that dealt with bullying. Here, she shares her top 5 favorites:

The Outsiders

I was obsessed with both the book (by S.E. Hinton) and the movie in junior high. You would not have wanted to watch the movie with me. I was that annoying person who said every line of dialogue along with the characters.

Whatever happened to Lisanne Falk and Kim Walker, the other two Heathers, who weren't Shannon Doherty in Heathers?

What ever happened to Joanne Whalley, Val Kilmer's co-star (and ex-wife) in Willow?

What ever happened to Vanity, the woman who starred opposite Carl Weathers in Action Jackson?

What ever happened to Bonnie Bedalia, John McClane's wife in Die Hard?

Oh, wait. This is what happened to her! She's on "Parenthood." Weird.

Whatever happened to Nancy Travis, the wife in So I Married an Axe Murder and the mom in the Three Men and a Baby movies?

Whatever happened to Julie Warner, the love interest in Doc Hollywood?

Whatever happened to the awesomeness that was Lori Petty, from Point Break and Tank Girl?

Whatever happened to Heather Langenkamp from NIghtmare on Elm Street?

I wonder whatever happened to Bridgette Wilson, from I Know What You Did Last Summer and the love interest in Billy Madison?...

Back in March 1989, we were winding down after a crazy decade of questionable fashion, amazing music, and the end of a beloved President’s term. Madonna, The B-52’s and The Cure were dominating the radio, and the Academy Award for Best Picture would go to Driving Miss Daisy. That’s also when rookie director Michael Lehmann released his low budget black comedy, Heathers.

Set in Anytown, USA, Heathers is the dark and engaging story of high school junior Veronica Sawyer (Winona Ryder) and her unwilling existence in the feared and revered power-clique, know as “The Heathers.” Led by the cruel and punishing Heather Chandler (Kim Walker), the Heathers consist of Heather Duke (Shannen Doherty), a bulimic follower that loathes Chandler and secretly dreams of ruling the group, and Heather McNamara (Lisanne Falk), a cheerleader who has no identity and a need for acceptance.

When bad boy J.D. (Christian Slater) arrives at the school,...

COLOGNE, Germany -- U.S. director Jim McBride ("The Big Easy") has been named chairman of the jury at this year's Oldenburg Film Festival, organizers announced Tuesday. Joining McBride on the Oldenburg jury are indie director Christopher Coppola, the nephew of Frances Ford Coppola and brother of Nicolas Cage; actress Lisanne Falk ("Heathers"), Czech director Jan Cvitkovic ("Bread and Milk") and film journalist Martin Blaney. The jury will vote on Oldenburg's German Independence Award, given to the best German-language film screening at the festival. The 13th annual Oldenburg festival runs Sept. 6-10.

Critical and art house-audience fave Raul Ruiz (who has worked in France for decades) crafts a chilly but suitably diverting puzzler in his newest film, which premiered at this year's Venice Film Festival. Lions Gate Releasing's "Shattered Image" should draw healthy crowds of the curious in limited engagements.

Anne Parillaud ("La Femme Nikita") stars in the dualistic role of Jessie, a hitwoman in one incarnation and a demure, scared newlywed in another. Tense and dreamy, stylistically dense and thoroughly mystifying, the film jarringly shifts between realities, one or both of which may be nightmares.

But getting lost in the surrealistic landscape of the native Chilean's cinema is part of Ruiz's appeal. Unfortunately, for all the craftsmanship and an eclectic cast that includes Graham Greene, co-producer Lisanne Falk and William Baldwin, "Shattered Image" is too remindful of artistically inferior, flimsier doppelganger/secret-sharer thrillers over the years.

Along with the elevated filmmaking sensibility comes a murky plot by newcomer Duane Poole, who has extensive writing credits in network television, and the dark-side erudition of producer Barbet Schroeder hangs over the project. Shattered peace of mind and a violent journey into awareness, reflected off the shards of a double-narrative, with eye-snagging art direction and sometimes fascinating dramatic exchanges -- it's an intoxicating brew for some, but from "Vertigo" on there's a hit-or-miss quality to this kind of film experience.

Starting with a swift assassination in a restaurant washroom, Jessie the man-slayer-for-hire is disturbed by her dreams of a more conventional existence, but it's her wealthy heiress version -- on a honeymoon to Jamaica with intimidating husband Brian (Baldwin) -- who has tried suicide and appears destined to be a victim of foul play. While the nice Jessie grows more paranoid and indeed almost falls off a cliff, the bad Jessie is hired to kill someone who looks a lot like Brian.

Greene and Falk appear in both worlds, and a lot of blood is shed on the way to a gimmicky conclusion. Nic Roeg has successfully and unsuccessfully covered this territory, and even a master like Krzysztof Kieslowski struggled to keep one engaged in "The Double Life of Veronique". Still, Ruiz makes the moviegoer not seriously regret seeing "Shattered Image", with his vibrant cinematic skills drawing one into a glorified potboiler.

SHATTERED IMAGE

Lions Gate Releasing

Peter Hoffman presents

a Seven Arts/Schroeder Hoffman production

in association with Fireworks Entertainment

Director: Raul Ruiz

Screenwriter: Duane Poole

Producers: Barbet Schroeder, Susan Hoffman, Lloyd A. Silverman

Executive producers: Jack Baran, Jay Firestone, Victor Loewy, Bastiaan Gieben, James Michael Vernon

Director of photography: Robby Muller

Production designer: Robert de Vico

Editor: Michael Duthie

Costume designer: Francine LeCoultre

Music: Jorge Arriagada

Color/stereo

Cast:

Jessie: Anne Parillaud

Brian: William Baldwin

Paula/Laura: Lisanne Falk

Conrad/Mike: Graham Greene

Lamond: Billy Wilmott

Simon: O'Neil Peart

Isabel: Leonie Forbes

Running time -- 103 minutes

No MPAA rating...