Editing Cruel Intentions

{{Short description|1999 film by Roger Kumble}}
{{About|the 1999 film|the franchise|Cruel Intentions (franchise){{!}}''Cruel Intentions'' (franchise)|other uses|Cruel Intentions (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Cruel Intentions
| image          = Cruel intentions ver1.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Roger Kumble]]
| screenplay     = Roger Kumble
| based_on       = {{based on|''[[Les Liaisons dangereuses]]''|[[Pierre Choderlos de Laclos]]}}
| producer       = [[Neal H. Moritz]]
| starring       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Ryan Phillippe]]
* [[Sarah Michelle Gellar]]
* [[Reese Witherspoon]]
* [[Selma Blair]]<!-- per poster's billing block -->
}}
| cinematography = [[Theo van de Sande]]
| editing        = {{Plainlist|
* Jeff Freeman
}}
| music          = [[Edward Shearmur]]
| studio         = {{Plainlist|
* [[Columbia Pictures]]
* [[Original Film]]
* [[Newmarket Capital Group]]
}}
| distributor    = [[Sony Pictures Releasing]]
| released       = {{Film date|1999|3|5}}
| runtime        = 97 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $10.5 million<ref name="BoxOfficeMojo" />
| gross          = $75.9 million<ref name="BoxOfficeMojo" />
}}
'''''Cruel Intentions''''' is a 1999 American [[teen film|teen]] [[Romance film|romantic]] [[Drama (film and television)|drama]] film written and directed by [[Roger Kumble]], and starring [[Ryan Phillippe]], [[Sarah Michelle Gellar]], [[Reese Witherspoon]], and [[Selma Blair]]. The film, set in New York City among rich high schoolers, is a modern retelling of [[Pierre Choderlos de Laclos]]' 1782 novel ''[[Les Liaisons dangereuses]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last=White |first=Adam |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/cult-cruel-intentions-debauched-teen-movie-seduced-generation/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/cult-cruel-intentions-debauched-teen-movie-seduced-generation/ |archive-date=January 12, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=The cult of Cruel Intentions: how a debauched teen movie seduced a generation |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=August 21, 2017 |access-date=February 18, 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Initially a smaller-budget [[independent film]], it was picked up by [[Columbia Pictures]] and widely released on March 5, 1999. Despite mixed critical reviews, the performances of Gellar, Philippe, and Witherspoon were praised and the film grossed $76 million worldwide. Since its release, the film has become regarded as a [[cult film|cult classic]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.augustachronicle.com/story/entertainment/local/2019/04/19/cruel-intentions-is-cult-classic-now-made-for-stage/5394147007/|title=Cruel Intentions is cult classic now made for stage|last=Brackett|first=Charmain|date=April 17, 2019|website=[[The Augusta Chronicle]]|access-date=April 9, 2022|archive-date=August 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230812073512/https://www.augustachronicle.com/story/entertainment/local/2019/04/19/cruel-intentions-is-cult-classic-now-made-for-stage/5394147007/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1302951/how-ryan-phillippe-really-feels-about-his-kids-watching-cruel-intentions|title=How Ryan Phillippe Really Feels About His Kids Watching Cruel Intentions|last1=Heller|first1=Corinne|last2=Lubitz|first2=Spencer|date=September 18, 2021|website=[[E!]]|access-date=April 9, 2022|archive-date=August 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230812073511/https://www.eonline.com/news/1302951/how-ryan-phillippe-really-feels-about-his-kids-watching-cruel-intentions|url-status=live}}</ref>

Its box office success spawned a [[Cruel Intentions (franchise)|media franchise]] with a [[Cruel Intentions 2|prequel in 2000]] and a [[Cruel Intentions 3|sequel in 2004]], as well as a [[Cruel Intentions: The '90s Musical|jukebox musical in 2015]] and a [[Cruel Intentions (TV series)|2024 television series]].

==Plot==
In New York City, wealthy teenager Sebastian Valmont regularly manipulates and seduces women, but seeks someone who poses a challenge to his charm. He settles on Annette Hargrove—the daughter of his new school headmaster—who is staunchly opposed to sex before falling in love. Sebastian and his equally manipulative stepsister, the intelligent and popular [[Kathryn Merteuil]], agree to a bet: if Sebastian fails to seduce Annette, then Kathryn gets his vintage [[Jaguar XK140]]; if he wins, Kathryn will finally have sex with him. Kathryn tries to recruit Sebastian into her own scheme to take revenge on her ex-boyfriend Court Reynolds, who left her because of her promiscuity and began dating the naive and innocent Cecile Caldwell.

Sebastian's initial efforts to seduce Annette fail as she has been informed of his reputation. He suspects Annette's friend Greg, a closeted homosexual, of being responsible and blackmails him into convincing Annette of his good nature. Sebastian also learns that Cecile's mother warned Annette and agrees to corrupt Cecile as revenge. Kathryn notices romantic tension between Cecile and her young music teacher Ronald Clifford and reveals this to Cecile's mother, who fires Ronald. Sebastian and Kathryn convince Ronald to fight for Cecile by writing her a love letter which Sebastian uses to lure Cecile to his bedroom, where he blackmails her into receiving oral sex from him. The next day, Kathryn advises Cecile to have sex with Sebastian and be as promiscuous as possible so she can please Ronald.

Spending time with Annette, Sebastian develops genuine feelings for her, attracted to her honesty and ability to make the normally stoic Sebastian laugh. He kisses Annette but she resists because she also has feelings for him and fears she cannot restrain herself around him. Sebastian calls her a hypocrite for rejecting the opportunity for true love and she finally relents and begins undressing, but Sebastian, confused about his own feelings, declines to have sex with her. Annette leaves the following day, but Sebastian finds her, professes his feelings, and they have sex.

A jealous Kathryn tries to seduce Sebastian but is frustrated that her hold over him has been broken by his feelings for Annette, and she convinces him that he cannot change his true nature. Sebastian plans to tell Annette the truth about the bet but Kathryn warns him that he will only destroy both his and Annette's reputations. He devastates Annette by lying that he only wanted her for sex and feels nothing for her. Sebastian tells Kathryn that he has broken up with Annette, and, having won the bet, wants his reward, but she dismisses him. Kathryn reveals that he was the true target of her scheme and that she manipulated him into feeling shame over his love for Annette for her own amusement.

Sebastian tries to contact Annette to confess the truth and beg for a second chance, but she refuses to see him. He gives her his journal, in which he has detailed Kathryn's manipulative schemes, their bet, and his true feelings for Annette. Seeking revenge, Kathryn calls Ronald, claiming that Sebastian hurt her and slept with Cecile. Ronald violently confronts Sebastian, and the ensuing fight migrates to the middle of the street. Annette tries to intervene but is thrown into traffic and Sebastian is fatally wounded pushing her to safety. Sebastian and Annette confess their love for each other before he dies.

At Sebastian's funeral, Kathryn, unmoved by Sebastian's death, begins to deliver a eulogy, but people leave before she can finish. Kathryn rushes outside to find Cecile handing out copies of Sebastian's journal, titled ''Cruel Intentions''. As the details of her manipulations, promiscuity, and drug abuse are made public, Kathryn weeps as her reputation and good-girl persona are destroyed. Annette drives down a highway in Sebastian's car while wearing his sunglasses and with his journal at her side, recalling their fondest moments together.

== Cast ==
* [[Sarah Michelle Gellar]] as [[Kathryn Merteuil]], based on the Marquise de Merteuil
* [[Ryan Phillippe]] as Sebastian Valmont, based on the Vicomte de Valmont
* [[Reese Witherspoon]] as Annette Hargrove, based on Madame de Tourvel
* [[Selma Blair]] as Cecile Caldwell, based on Cécile Volanges
* [[Louise Fletcher]] as Helen Rosemond, based on Madame de Rosemonde
* [[Joshua Jackson]] as Blaine Tuttle
* [[Eric Mabius]] as Greg McConnell
* [[Sean Patrick Thomas]] as Ronald Clifford, based on the Chevalier Danceny
* [[Swoosie Kurtz]] as Dr. Regina Greenbaum (Kurtz portrayed Madame de Volanges in the 1988 film version of ''[[Dangerous Liaisons]]'')
* [[Christine Baranski]] as Bunny Caldwell, based on Madame de Volanges
* [[Alaina Reed Hall]] as Nurse
* [[Hiep Thi Le]] as Mai-Lee
* [[Deborah Offner]] as Mrs. Michalak
* [[Tara Reid]] as Marci Greenbaum
* [[Drew Snyder]] as Headmaster Hargrove
* [[Herta Ware]] as Mrs. Sugarman
* [[Charlie O'Connell]] as Court Reynolds, based on the Comte de Gercourt
* [[Fred Norris]] as Meter Maid

==Production==
[[File:Old Westbury Gardens 10.JPG|thumb|Old Westbury Gardens was one of the filming locations.]]
One of the filming locations was [[Old Westbury Gardens]] in [[Nassau County, New York|Nassau County]], New York, as well as the [[Harry F. Sinclair House]] in New York City.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.movie-locations.com/movies/c/Cruel-Intentions.php |title=Cruel Intentions – 1999 |website=movie-locations.com |access-date=January 30, 2019 |archive-date=December 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204181523/http://movie-locations.com/movies/c/Cruel-Intentions.php |url-status=live }}</ref> In a 2016 interview, Sarah Michelle Gellar revealed that the original title of the movie was "Cruel Inventions".<ref>{{Cite web|date=February 27, 2016|title=Sarah Michelle Gellar reveals original title of 'Cruel Intentions' movie|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/hollywood/sarah-michelle-gellar-reveals-original-title-of-cruel-intentions-movie/|access-date=November 16, 2020|website=The Indian Express|language=en|archive-date=February 28, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160228104111/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/hollywood/sarah-michelle-gellar-reveals-original-title-of-cruel-intentions-movie/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Reception==
On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], ''Cruel Intentions'' has an approval score of 54% based on 119 reviews, with an average rating of 5.20/10. The site's critics consensus states: "This darkly comic drama and its attractive young cast are easy on the eyes, but uneven performances and an uninspired script conspire to foil ''Cruel Intentions''."<ref>[https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/cruel_intentions "Cruel Intentions"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240606222714/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/cruel_intentions |date=June 6, 2024}}. ''[[Rotten Tomatoes]]''. Retrieved February 26, 2025.</ref> [[Metacritic]] gave the film a weighted average score of 56 out of 100 based on 24 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.<ref>[https://www.metacritic.com/movie/cruel-intentions "Cruel Intentions Reviews, Ratings, Credits"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211224153326/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/cruel-intentions |date=December 24, 2021 }}. ''[[Metacritic]]''. Retrieved June 30, 2011.</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "B-" on an A+ to F scale.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.cinemascore.com/ |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=CinemaScore |language=en-US}}</ref>

Charles Taylor of ''[[Salon.com]]'' described the film as "the dirtiest-minded American movie in recent memory – and an honestly corrupt entertaining picture is never anything to sneeze at".<ref>Taylor, Charles. (March 5, 1999). [http://www.salon.com/1999/03/05/reviewb_4/ "Cruel Intentions"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125004838/http://www.salon.com/1999/03/05/reviewb_4/ |date=November 25, 2020 }}. ''[[Salon.com]]''. Retrieved 2014-06-14.</ref> [[Stephen Holden]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote: "You have the queasy sense that the whole thing is just an elaborate stunt and, in this case, an exploitative one."<ref>Holden, Stephen. (March 5, 1999). [https://www.nytimes.com/library/film/030599cruel-film-review.html "'Cruel Intentions': Back to Their Old Tricks, but a Whole Lot Younger"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170626160806/https://www.nytimes.com/library/film/030599cruel-film-review.html |date=June 26, 2017 }}. ''[[The New York Times]]''. Retrieved 2011-06-30.</ref> [[Roger Ebert]] of ''[[The Chicago Sun-Times]]'' praised ''Cruel Intentions'' and gave the film three out of four stars in his review, stating that it was "smart and merciless in the tradition of the original story".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/cruel-intentions-1999|title=Cruel Intentions Movie Review (1999)|work=RogerEbert.com|date=March 5, 1999|access-date=January 28, 2015|archive-date=January 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125235338/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/cruel-intentions-1999|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Box office===
''Cruel Intentions'' was a commercial success, grossing $13,020,565 in its opening weekend, ranking No. 2 behind ''[[Analyze This]]''; released in 2,312 theaters, the movie raked in $76.3 worldwide against a $10.5 million budget.<ref name="BoxOfficeMojo">{{cite web |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=cruelintentions.htm |title=Cruel Intentions (1999) |work=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=March 27, 2019 |archive-date=May 10, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510225130/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=cruelintentions.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Keating |first1=Shannon |date=March 5, 2019 |title=It's Been 20 Years Since "Cruel Intentions", And There's Never Been Another Movie Quite Like It |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/shannonkeating/cruel-intentions-20th-anniversary-1999-sarah-michelle |access-date=March 7, 2019 |website=[[BuzzFeed News]] |archive-date=March 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306131639/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/shannonkeating/cruel-intentions-20th-anniversary-1999-sarah-michelle |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Awards and nominations===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Award
! Category
! Nominee(s)
! Result
|-
| [[6th Blockbuster Entertainment Awards|Blockbuster Entertainment Awards]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Blockbuster Entertainment Award winners |url=https://variety.com/2000/film/news/blockbuster-entertainment-award-winners-1117781474/ |access-date=28 September 2023 |work=Variety |date=May 9, 2000 |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303211107/http://variety.com/2000/film/news/blockbuster-entertainment-award-winners-1117781474/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
| Favorite Supporting Actress – Drama/Romance
| [[Reese Witherspoon]]
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="5"| Csapnivalo Awards
| colspan="2"| Best Movie
| {{nom}}
|-
| colspan="2"| Best Teen Movie
| {{nom}}
|-
| colspan="2"| Best Movie Soundtrack
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Actress in a Leading Role
| [[Sarah Michelle Gellar]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Original Score
| [[Edward Shearmur]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[1st Golden Trailer Awards|Golden Trailer Awards]]<ref>{{cite web |title=1st Golden Trailer Awards |url=http://www.goldentrailer.com/gta1-nominees/ |website=Golden Trailer Awards |access-date=28 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104000017/http://www.goldentrailer.com/gta1-nominees/ |archive-date=2016-11-04}}</ref>
| colspan="2"| Trashiest Trailer
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[2000 MTV Movie Awards|MTV Movie Awards]]<ref>{{cite web |title=2000 MTV Movie Awards |url=https://www.mtv.com/onair/ma01/pastwinners/2000.jhtml?PageName=pastwinners&Year=2000 |website=[[MTV]] |access-date=28 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011006012912/https://www.mtv.com/onair/ma01/pastwinners/2000.jhtml?PageName=pastwinners&Year=2000 |archive-date=2001-10-06}}</ref>
| [[MTV Movie Award for Best Actor in a Movie|Best Male Performance]]
| [[Ryan Phillippe]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[MTV Movie Award for Best Actor in a Movie|Best Female Performance]]
| Sarah Michelle Gellar
| {{won}}
|-
| [[MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance|Best Breakthrough Female Performance]]
| [[Selma Blair]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[MTV Movie Award for Best Villain|Best Villain]]
| Sarah Michelle Gellar
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss|Best Kiss]]
| Sarah Michelle Gellar and Selma Blair
| {{won}}
|-
| [[1999 Stinkers Bad Movie Awards|Stinkers Bad Movie Awards]]
| colspan="2"| Worst Remake
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="8"| [[1999 Teen Choice Awards|Teen Choice Awards]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Passero |first1=Laura |title=Funky Categories Set Teen Choice Awards Apart |date=1999-08-12|url=https://www.courant.com/1999/08/12/funky-categories-set-teen-choice-awards-apart/ |access-date=28 September 2023 |work=[[Hartford Courant]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150822125005/http://articles.courant.com/1999-08-12/entertainment/9908120634_1_teen-choice-awards-blockbuster-awards-award-show |archive-date=2015-08-22}}</ref>
| colspan="2"| [[Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie – Drama|Choice Drama Movie]]
| {{won}}
|-
| Choice Movie Actor
| Ryan Phillippe
| {{nom}}
|-
| Choice Movie Actress
| Reese Witherspoon
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Villain|Choice Movie Sleazebag]]
| Sarah Michelle Gellar
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| Ryan Phillippe
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Teen Choice Award for Choice Hissy Fit|Choice Movie Hissy Fit]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| Choice Sexiest Love Scene
| Ryan Phillippe and Reese Witherspoon
| {{nom}}
|-
| Choice Movie Soundtrack
| ''[[Cruel Intentions (soundtrack)|Cruel Intentions]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| Vega Digital Awards
| colspan="2"| Social Campaigns
| {{won}}
|}

== Soundtrack ==
{{Main|Cruel Intentions (soundtrack){{!}}''Cruel Intentions'' (soundtrack)}}
The ''Cruel Intentions'' soundtrack is a compilation soundtrack released on March 9, 1999, by [[Arista Records|Arista]]/[[Virgin Records]]. It reached number 60 on the Billboard chart.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1999-03-27|title=Billboard 200 – The Week of March 27, 1999|magazine=Billboard|date=January 2, 2013|access-date=June 18, 2019|archive-date=March 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324043638/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1999-03-27|url-status=live}}</ref> The lead track for the film was "[[Bitter Sweet Symphony]]" by rock band [[The Verve]].

== Subsequent media ==
{{Main|Cruel Intentions (franchise){{!}}''Cruel Intentions'' (franchise)}}

=== Direct-to-video films ===
''[[Cruel Intentions 2]]'' was released [[direct-to-video]] in 2001, written and directed by [[Roger Kumble]], assembled from three episodes filmed for ''Manchester Prep'', a [[prequel]] series scrapped by [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]. The story features younger versions of Sebastian Valmont and [[Kathryn Merteuil]] played by [[Robin Dunne]] and [[Amy Adams]], respectively.

''[[Cruel Intentions 3]]'' followed in 2004, directed by [[Scott Ziehl]], starring [[Kerr Smith]] and [[Kristina Anapau]], as Cassidy Merteuil, cousin to Kathryn.

None of the cast from the original appeared in the sequels.

===Canceled sequel series===
{{Main|Cruel Intentions (pilot){{!}}''Cruel Intentions'' (pilot)}}
[[NBC]] picked up a television [[pilot episode|pilot]] for a continuation of the film's storyline in October 2015. The pilot was set seventeen years after the events of the film and sees Bash Casey, son of Sebastian Valmont and Annette Hargrove, discover his late father's journal. Upon discovering this he is thrown into a world of lies, sex, and power. The potential series was to have Kathryn Merteuil, Bash's step-aunt, attempt to gain power of Valmont International.<ref>{{cite news |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |url=https://deadline.com/2016/02/cruel-intentions-reboot-nbc-pilot-drama-1201695249/ |title='Cruel Intentions' Reboot Gets NBC Pilot Order |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=February 2, 2016 |access-date=February 5, 2016 |archive-date=February 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204091533/https://deadline.com/2016/02/cruel-intentions-reboot-nbc-pilot-drama-1201695249/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In February 2016, [[Taylor John Smith]] and [[Samantha Logan]] were cast, with Smith playing the male lead role of Bash Casey, Sebastian Valmont and Annette Hargrove's son.<ref>{{cite news |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |url=https://deadline.com/2016/02/cruel-intentions-taylor-john-smith-star-samantha-logan-sarah-michelle-gellar-nbc-pilot-1201707460/ |title='Cruel Intentions': Taylor John Smith Set As the Male Lead, Samantha Logan Cast |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=February 23, 2016 |access-date=February 23, 2016 |archive-date=June 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240606221849/https://deadline.com/2016/02/cruel-intentions-taylor-john-smith-star-samantha-logan-sarah-michelle-gellar-nbc-pilot-1201707460/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Gellar reached a deal with producers to reprise her role as the female lead, Kathryn Merteuil.<ref>{{cite news |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |url=https://deadline.com/2016/02/sarah-michelle-gellar-cast-cruel-intentions-nbc-pilot-1201708911/ |title=Sarah Michelle Gellar To Reprise 'Cruel Intentions' Role In NBC Pilot |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=February 24, 2016 |access-date=February 25, 2016 |archive-date=February 25, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160225225132/https://deadline.com/2016/02/sarah-michelle-gellar-cast-cruel-intentions-nbc-pilot-1201708911/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In March, [[Kate Levering]] was cast to replace Witherspoon for the role of Annette Hargrove.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Andreeva|first1=Nellie|title='Cruel Intentions': Kate Levering To Play Reese Witherspoon's Annette In NBC Pilot|url=https://deadline.com/2016/03/cruel-intentions-kate-levering-cast-annette-nbc-pilot-reese-witherspoon-1201711979/|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=April 4, 2016|date=March 1, 2016|archive-date=April 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404082246/http://deadline.com/2016/03/cruel-intentions-kate-levering-cast-annette-nbc-pilot-reese-witherspoon-1201711979/?|url-status=live}}</ref>

Several months later, on October 31, NBC passed on the project and the series did not go forward.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/10/cruel-intentions-dead-nbc-to-be-shopped-1201845779/|title='Cruel Intentions' Not Going Forward At NBC, To Be Shopped Elsewhere By Sony|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=October 31, 2016|access-date=November 1, 2016|archive-date=November 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161101102904/http://deadline.com/2016/10/cruel-intentions-dead-nbc-to-be-shopped-1201845779/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Amazon Prime Video reboot series===
{{Main|Cruel Intentions (TV series){{!}}''Cruel Intentions'' (TV series)}}
In October 2021, a television series [[Reboot (fiction)|reboot]] of ''Cruel Intentions'' was in development for IMDb TV (now [[Amazon Freevee]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a37832946/cruel-intentions-reboot-tv-show-washington-dc/|title=Cruel Intentions Is Rebooting as a TV Show In the Scandalous World of Politics|last=Lutkin|first=Aimee|date=October 2, 2021|website=[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]]|access-date=April 9, 2022|archive-date=April 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409220351/https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a37832946/cruel-intentions-reboot-tv-show-washington-dc/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/10/cruel-intentions-series-reboot-imdb-tv-1234848051/|title=Cruel Intentions Series Reboot In Works at IMDb TV|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=October 1, 2021|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=April 9, 2022|archive-date=April 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220412021535/https://deadline.com/2021/10/cruel-intentions-series-reboot-imdb-tv-1234848051/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/film-tv/article/54374/1/cruel-intentions-is-set-to-be-rebooted-as-a-tv-series-set-in-washington-dc|title=Cruel Intentions is set to be rebooted as a TV series set in Washington DC|last=Waite|first=Thom|date=October 2, 2021|website=[[Dazed]]|access-date=April 9, 2022|archive-date=April 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409220311/https://www.dazeddigital.com/film-tv/article/54374/1/cruel-intentions-is-set-to-be-rebooted-as-a-tv-series-set-in-washington-dc|url-status=live}}</ref> In April 2023, the reboot was given a series order.<ref name="Ordered">{{cite web |last1=Ausiello |first1=Michael |title=''Cruel Intentions'' TV Adaptation Ordered to Series (Finally!) at Amazon |url=https://tvline.com/2023/04/04/cruel-intentions-tv-show-amazon-sarah-michelle-gellar-series-order/ |website=[[TVLine]]|date=April 4, 2023 |access-date=April 5, 2023 |archive-date=April 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405035541/https://tvline.com/2023/04/04/cruel-intentions-tv-show-amazon-sarah-michelle-gellar-series-order/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It premiered on Amazon Prime Video on November 21, 2024.

===Musical===
{{Main|Cruel Intentions: The '90s Musical{{!}}''Cruel Intentions: The '90s Musical''}}
A 1990s [[jukebox musical]] by Kumble, Rosin, and Ross, was first staged in 2015. After two runs in Los Angeles and a pop-up engagement in New York, ''[[Cruel Intentions: The '90s Musical]]'' made its [[Off-Broadway]] debut at the Greenwich Village nightclub [[Le Poisson Rouge]] in November 2017 and ran through April 2018. Set to pop and rock [[1990s in music|hits of the 1990s]] and songs from the film's soundtrack, the plot follows the manipulations of Sebastian Valmont and Kathryn Merteuil, out to destroy anyone who gets in their way.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 20, 2018 |first=Andy |last=Lefkowitz |title=Cruel Intentions Musical Extends Off-Broadway Run for Third & Final Time |url=https://www.broadway.com/buzz/191229/cruel-intentions-musical-extends-off-broadway-run-for-third-final-time/ |access-date= |website=Broadway.com |language=en |archive-date=December 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211224203815/https://www.broadway.com/buzz/191229/cruel-intentions-musical-extends-off-broadway-run-for-third-final-time/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Film|United States|1990s}}
* [[Blonde versus brunette rivalry]]<ref name=Page>{{cite news |last1=Page-Kirby |first1=Kristin |title=The battle of the blondes (and the brunettes) |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2016/05/05/the-battle-of-the-blondes-and-the-brunettes/ |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=28 April 2023 |archive-date=September 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190913191828/https://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2016/05/05/the-battle-of-the-blondes-and-the-brunettes/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==References==
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