No one at Westerberg is going to let you play their reindeer games -- but someone at NBCUniversal just might, because Michael Lehmann and Daniel Waters' 1988 cult classic "Heathers" is being developed and updated as a potential scripted series for Bravo. The original film starred Winona Ryder and Christian Slater as teen lovers attending a high school ruled by three pretty, popular girls, all named Heather. It delved into some seriously black comedy involving serial killing and suicides, and while it didn't perform well at the box office, it built up a following on home video in the years after its theatrical release. Plans for a TV series continuation of "Heathers" were first announced in 2009, with Mark Rizzo and "Men in Trees" creator Jenny Bicks initially writing the adaptation for Fox, though the project didn't make it very far. Now, according to the Hollywood Reporter, Bravo is taking a run at the.
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