“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...
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...
- 2/29/2024
- by Jenn Adams
- bloody-disgusting.com
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.
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.
- 8/6/2022
- by Harper Lambert
- The Wrap
Lisanne Falk is yet another name that was popular back in the 80s since she managed to get herself booked for a number of roles that ended up being rather popular back in the day, but her career didn’t make it that far into the 2000s before she retired. At one point in her career she was the type of young woman that was looked at as attractive, sexy, and likely had a big future moving forward. But as a lot of actors have found out their careers took a different turn after the 80s and then even more so
Whatever Happened to Lisanne Falk?...
Whatever Happened to Lisanne Falk?...
- 4/21/2020
- by Tom
- TVovermind.com
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...
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...
- 11/11/2019
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
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.
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.
- 4/17/2019
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
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...
“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...
- 4/16/2019
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
"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...
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...
- 4/12/2019
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
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?...
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?...
- 4/5/2019
- by Omar Sanchez
- The Wrap
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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- 4/2/2019
- Screen Anarchy
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...
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...
- 3/31/2019
- by Susan King
- Variety Film + TV
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.
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.
- 3/22/2019
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
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...
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...
- 10/26/2018
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
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.
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.
- 10/4/2018
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
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...
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...
- 8/22/2018
- by Rupert Harvey
- Nerdly
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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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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- 8/16/2018
- by Richard Phippen
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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...
Its script was penned from the perspective of Veronica Sawyer (Winona Ryder), a practical scene surfer in...
- 7/31/2018
- by Daniel Goodwin
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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...
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...
- 6/1/2018
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
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...
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...
- 1/19/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
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 […]
The post ‘Heathers’ TV Show Trailer: Teenage Angst Still Has a Body Count appeared first on /Film.
The post ‘Heathers’ TV Show Trailer: Teenage Angst Still Has a Body Count appeared first on /Film.
- 1/18/2018
- by Hoai-Tran Bui
- Slash Film
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.
Continue reading ‘Heathers’ Nsfw Trailer: Don’t Be Late For Class at The Playlist.
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.
Continue reading ‘Heathers’ Nsfw Trailer: Don’t Be Late For Class at The Playlist.
- 1/18/2018
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Anyone who loved the 1988 cult movie ‘Heathers’ will be delighted to learn that there is a television series planned based on the movie. While many of the themes of the show remain the same, there are some modern twists and the characters have been completely revamped. ‘Heathers’ was a black comedy directed by Michael Lehmann and written by Daniel Waters. The award-winning film was about three teens named Heather who wreak havoc on their school. The leading women in the movie were Shannen Doherty, Lisanne Falk, and Kim Walker. The film also starred Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Lance Fenton,
Cult 80s Movie ‘Heathers’ is Getting a TV Series...
Cult 80s Movie ‘Heathers’ is Getting a TV Series...
- 1/18/2018
- by Nat Berman
- TVovermind.com
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.
Continue reading ‘Heathers’ Trailer: TV Series Reboot Ready With A Chainsaw at The Playlist.
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.
Continue reading ‘Heathers’ Trailer: TV Series Reboot Ready With A Chainsaw at The Playlist.
- 8/28/2017
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
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…...
- 10/12/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
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…...
- 9/7/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
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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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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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- 3/17/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
“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,...
- 4/4/2014
- by Adam Markovitz
- EW - Inside Movies
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...
- 12/26/2013
- by Kevin Carr
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
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.
Related: TV remakes that worked ... and didn't
"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...
"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.
Related: TV remakes that worked ... and didn't
"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...
- 9/13/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
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,...
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,...
- 9/12/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
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...
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...
- 9/12/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
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...
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...
- 9/12/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Aol TV.
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.
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.
- 6/1/2012
- by Sabrina Rojas Weiss
- TheFabLife - Movies
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?...
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?...
- 3/9/2011
- by Dustin Rowles
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,...
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,...
- 6/30/2009
- by Heather Toshiko
- The Flickcast
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.
- 8/29/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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...
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...
- 12/4/1998
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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