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11-03-2025
- Entertainment
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"Cruel Intentions" Canceled after One Season
'Cruel Intentions" long journey to TV has ended rather brutally. The 'Cruel Intentions' TV series at Amazon Prime Video has been canceled after just one season. The series originally debuted on the streamer in November 2024. It served as a TV update to the 1999 film of the same name, which was itself based on the classic novel 'Dangerous Liaisons.' A TV show based on the movie was set up at IMDB TV (a.k.a Freevee) in 2021 before being formally ordered at Prime Video in late 2023. The Amazon series starred Sarah Catherine Hook, Zac Burgess, Savannah Lee Smith, Sara Silva, John Harlan Kim, Khobe Clarke, Sean Patrick Thomas, and Brooke Lena Johnson. Sara Goodman and Phoebe Fisher served as co-showrunners, writers, and executive producers. Neal H. Moritz and Pavun Shetty of Original Film also executive produced along with Roger Kumble. Moritz produced the original film, which was written and directed by Kumble. Bruce Mellon along with Andrea Iervolino and Monika Bacardi of Iervolino & Bacardi Entertainment were producers. The series was produced by Sony Pictures Television, Amazon MGM Studios, and Original Film. Per the official description, the show 'follows the elite students of Manchester College, a Washington, D.C.-adjacent university, where reputation means everything, fraternities and sororities are the gold standard, and two ruthless step-siblings, Caroline Merteuil (Hook) and Lucien Belmont (Burgess), will do anything to stay on top of the cutthroat social hierarchy. After a brutal hazing incident threatens the entire Greek Life system, they'll do whatever is necessary to preserve their power and reputation – even if that means seducing Annie Grover (Smith), the daughter of the Vice President of the United States. Hearts will be broken, loyalties will be tested, and secrets will be revealed in this modern-day royal court that is Manchester College.' Amazon does not typically release viewership information regarding their shows, so it is difficult to gauge exactly how many people tuned in to 'Cruel Intentions.' However, the series failed to make an appearance on the Nielsen Top 10 Streaming charts and also failed to find much love with critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the series held a 24% critical approval rating with 10 reviews counted. Prior to this version of the show, NBC ordered a pilot for a followup to the movie in 2016 with Sarah Michelle Gellar, one of the movie's original stars, attached to reprise her role as Kathryn Merteuil. However, it ultimately didn't make it to series. Prior to that, Fox's attempted a 'Cruel Intentions' prequel series, which was canceled before making it to air. Three episodes of that show were eventually assembled to become the direct-to-video movie 'Cruel Intentions 2' in 2001. In 2004, Sony Pictures produced a second direct-to-video sequel, 'Cruel Intentions 3.'
Yahoo
10-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Cruel Intentions Cancelled at Prime Video After 1 Season
It's a bittersweet symphony, that's life: Prime Video's series-adaptation of Cruel Intentions has been cancelled after one season, TVLine has confirmed. The show — which debuted Nov. 21, 2024 — transported the iconic 1999 movie that starred Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe and Reese Witherspoon to the Washington, D.C.-adjacent Manchester College. It followed sorority president Caroline Merteuil (played by First Kill's Sarah Catherine Hook), who was determined to have Annie Grover (the Gossip Girl reboot's Savannah Lee Smith), the daughter of the Vice President of the United States, join her sorority, thereby saving the Greek system from being dismantled after a violent hazing incident. So Caroline tasked her womanizing step-brother Lucien Belmont (One Night's Zac Burgess) with seducing innocent Annie and getting her to pledge. If he succeeded, Caroline would give him what he's always wanted: her, for up to an hour. If he lost, she would get his beloved car. More from TVLine Cruel Intentions EPs, Stars Talk Finale's Different Ending, Lucien's Fate and His 'Big F–k You' to Caroline — Grade It Cruel Intentions EPs on Changing the Movie's Iconic Kiss Pairing: 'It Made A Lot of Sense' for Caroline and [Spoiler] TVLine Items: The Apprentice on Amazon, Conan O'Brien Must Go Renewed and More In the finale, Lucien retaliated after his step-sister Caroline revealed his secret (that his mother killed herself) to Annie, then told her step-brother that he was soulless and not worthy of love. Lucien, in turn, slept with Caroline's mother (Claire Forlani) and recorded the sexual encounter. Meanwhile, Caroline's sorority sister Cece (Sara Silva) and Annie both started to wise up to the blonde's lies, with Annie suspecting that Caroline was the one who made the sexual misconduct complaint against Cece's love interest, Professor Chadwick (the movie's Sean Patrick Thomas). In a closing montage, Caroline received a new upload to her and Lucien's shared drive, where he put his sexual recordings for Caroline to view. The movie ended with Witherspoon's Annette driving Sebastian's beloved car after his death, with his journal in tow, whereas the show found a very-much-alive Lucien driving as he sported Caroline's cross necklace, while ignoring her call and missing one from Annie. 'Honestly, who's to say it's not worse than getting hit by a car?' co-showrunner Phoebe Fisher joked of the series' different ending, referencing the devastating way Sebastian's life is cut off. In all seriousness, Fisher and co-showrunner Sara Goodman envisioned Cruel Intentions as an ongoing series, so they 'weren't ready to leave [Lucien] quite yet,' Fisher said. Instead, 'I think we chose emotional, psychological violence over physical violence,' Goodman shared with a laugh. 'I think we wanted to see what was going to happen next to him, with all of them. So we can't kill him. We just had to make him behave very, very badly.' The series' cast also included John Harlan Kim (9-1-1) as Blaise Powell, Khobe Clarke (Firefly Lane) as Scott Russell and Brooke Lena Johnson (YOU) as Beatrice Worth. Our sister site Variety was first to report the cancellation. Were hoping for a Season 2? Hit the comments with your reactions! When Is Your Favorite TV Show Back? An A-to-Z List of 300+ Scripted Series View List Best of TVLine Yellowjackets Mysteries: An Up-to-Date List of the Series' Biggest Questions (and Answers?) The Emmys' Most Memorable Moments: Laughter, Tears, Historical Wins, 'The Big One' and More 'Missing' Shows, Found! The Latest on Severance, Holey Moley, Poker Face, YOU, Primo, Transplant and 25+ Others
