Prime Video unveiled the trailer for the Cruel Intentions TV series adaptation. Starring Sarah Catherine Hook, and Zac Burgess in lead roles, the series is all set to premiere on Prime Video on November 21.
Produced by Sony Pictures Television, Amazon MGM Studios, and Original Film, the upcoming film will have an ensemble including, Savannah Lee Smith, Sara Silva, Khobe Clarke, John Harlan Kim, Brooke Lena Johnson, and Sean Patrick Thomas apart from the leads. Claire Forlani, Nikki Crawford, Isabella Tagliati, Zeke Goodman and Jon Tenney are recurring.
The new adaptation of Cruel Intentions will take place in Washington D.C., at an elite college. To stay at the top of the cutthroat social hierarchy, two ruthless step-siblings will do anything. They will stop at nothing to maintain their status and influence, even if it means wooing the daughter of the US vice president, following a vicious hazing event that puts the school's Panhellenic organization in jeopardy.
The upcoming series comes from writers Phoebe Fisher and Sara Goodman, both of whom have worked on I Know What You Did Last Summer. They will also executive produce, along with Neal H. Moritz, Pavun Shetty (Original Film) and Roger Kumble.
The original Cruel Intentions, which was released in 1999, was directed by Roger Kumble and starred Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon, and Selma Blair.