NBC Passes on ‘Cruel Intentions’ Series
NBC has decided not to move forward with the “Cruel Intentions” TV series, TheWrap has confirmed.
NBC bought the script in October with a commitment plus a penalty from the film’s original director and writer Roger Kumble.
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Besides Gellar, “Cruel Intentions” had already cast Kate Levering, Taylor John Smith (“American Crime”), Samantha Logan, Sophina Brown and Nathalie Kelley.
The pilot was to pick up over 15 years after the conclusion of the movie, which was an adaptation of French novel “Les Liaisons Dangereuses” by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos.