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Alicia Silverstone Teases Upcoming ‘Clueless’ Sequel 30 Years After the Original<\/a> originally appeared on Parade<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n Hard as it is to believe, it’s been just over 30 years since audiences last saw Alicia Silverstone’s charismatic Cher strutting across the big screen.<\/p>\n For as many years as audiences have clambered to see a follow-up to 1995’s cult favorite Clueless<\/em>, numerous attempts to create a long-awaited sequel to the film have been met with failure or significant delays.<\/p>\n But if some recent remarks from the 48-year-old Silverstone are any indication, it seems like Clueless<\/em>‘ long-delayed follow-up is finally picking up steam.<\/p>\n After almost six years of development, a Clueless<\/em> TV series is currently in development at Peacock, with Silverstone herself set to reprise her role as the kind-natured Valley Girl, Cher Horowitz.<\/p>\n Making a recent appearance on TODAY<\/em><\/a> this past Thursday, the show’s hosts asked what information she could tease about the upcoming series.<\/p>\n “Not much,” the Batman & Robin actress said with a laugh.<\/p>\n Fortunately, Silverstone did provide some promising updates on Peacock’s streaming series, specifically stating a key factor they’re taking into consideration for the sequel is to honor the original Clueless<\/em> every way they can.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m really excited about it,\u201d Silverstone said. \u201cI think we\u2019re going to try really hard. The goal is to make it honor what everyone loves about Clueless<\/em> and Cher.\u201d<\/p>\n As fans of the original movie likely know, 1995’s Clueless<\/em> followed Silverstone’s fashionable high school teenager navigating love and friendship in her California high school.<\/p>\n Striving to use her popularity to help others, Cher attempts to play the role of matchmaker for several teachers, students and close friends, all the while confronting her own feelings for her former stepbrother (Paul Rudd).<\/p>\n While Silverstone admitted the series is still fairly early in its development phase, she also told TODAY’<\/em>s hosts that the show will weave in some “fresh” components to help differentiate it from the film.<\/p>\n “We want to honor that, but also bring something fresh and new to it,\u201d Silverstone said. \u201cI\u2019m confident that we\u2019ll be able to do that, but we\u2019re in baby stages right now.\u201d<\/p>\n