Film & TVNewsWatch the first teaser for the Heathers reboot‘Heather Chandler is looking for you’ShareLink copied ✔️August 29, 2017Film & TVNewsTextAnna Cafolla A new gang of Heathers is taking over Westerburg High, 29 years after the cult classic original film, and our first look at the TV series reboot is pretty intriguing. As Deadline reports, the 10-episode black comedy anthology series reworks the original characters into the modern era. The teaser was aired during the MTV VMAs. Set to debut in 2018, sky high curls, shoulder pads and croquet have been ditched in favour of contemporary chokers, pastel pink fluff and lots of chunky gold jewellery. However, one classic line stays put, though it’s taken from a Heather and given to our heroine: “Fuck me gently with a chainsaw.” The original goody two shoes gone accidental murderess Veronica Sawyer, played by Winona Ryder, is now in the hands of Under the Dome’s Grace Victoria Cox. Melanie Field takes on the odious Heather Chandler, Jasmine Mathews is Heather McNamara and Brendan Scannell, amazingly, is Heather Duke. James Scully will also play the twisted bad boy JD, originally played by Christian Slater. Shannen Doherty, from the film, has been confirmed in a major but as of yet unnamed character. Selma Blair was also recently announced as Jade, Heather Duke’s stepmother – a stripper-slash-golddigger who loves a menthol and hates her husband. It’s the third attempt to recreate the cult high school classic. A previous go back in 2012 centred on Veronica’s daughter, leading the new generation of ‘Ashleys’, but it was scrapped in 2013, and an earlier project by Fox never even made it off the ground. Watch the teaser below. Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREWhat went down at the Dazed Club screening of Bugonia The story behind Bugonia, Yorgos Lanthimos’ twisted new alien comedyJosh O’Connor and Kelly Reichardt on planning the perfect art heistDazed Club is hosting a free screening of BugoniaThe Voice of Hind Rajab, a Palestinian drama moving audiences to tearsMeet the 2025 winners of the BFI & Chanel Filmmaker AwardsOobah Butler’s guide to getting rich quickRed Scare revisited: 5 radical films that Hollywood tried to banPlainclothes is a tough but tender psychosexual thrillerCillian Murphy and Little Simz on their ‘provoking’ new film, Steve‘It’s like a drug, the adrenaline’: Julia Fox’s 6 favourite horror filmsHow Benny Safdie rewrote the rules of the sports biopic