It’s 2025, and Hollywood has decided that what we all desperately need — in between political purges, climate collapse, and AI that accidentally tells the truth — is a sequel series to Clueless. Yes, that Clueless. The film that gave us plaid skirts, “as if,” and a generation of women who briefly thought a yellow blazer was a personality trait.
Alicia Silverstone is back as Cher Horowitz, this time on Peacock, because of course she is. The platform’s unofficial motto is “We’re like Netflix, but with slightly more bird logos.” Cher’s return has been announced with an energy that feels part nostalgia, part eco-conscious rebrand, and part celebrity hostage video.
Cher, But Make It Compostable
Silverstone recently shared with Entertainment Tonight that Cher is “not up with the times” — which is a polite way of saying our girl has aged into that neighbor who keeps forwarding you links about “the dangers of microwaves.” She’s traded in her obsession with new clothes for a vintage aesthetic, only wearing sustainable or vegan options.
This isn’t a bad thing, in theory. Who among us wouldn’t love to see Cher saving the planet one gently used Chanel jacket at a time? But let’s be honest: the real reason Cher’s buying vintage is probably because she refuses to download the Depop app without a personal shopper to “explain the vibes.”
From Emma Woodhouse to Etsy Influencer
The original Clueless was a loose adaptation of Jane Austen’s Emma, updated for 1990s Beverly Hills: a privileged, oblivious, but ultimately lovable girl meddling in other people’s lives until she stumbles into some self-awareness.
The sequel, apparently, will be a loose adaptation of Etsy. Cher’s matchmaking days may be over, replaced by curating sustainable mood boards and lecturing everyone about “fast fashion being, like, the patriarchy’s polyester.” It’s an evolution, sure, but it also raises the question: is this growth, or is it just rich people rebranding their shopping addiction as activism?
Peacock, The Network of… Choices
Let’s take a moment to appreciate that this revival is happening on Peacock. This is a network that exists primarily to host The Office reruns and the occasional Law & Order: SVU marathon. Putting Clueless here feels like asking the Cheesecake Factory to host a TED Talk — it’s technically possible, but it’s not the brand’s natural habitat.
Still, Peacock has cornered the market on nostalgia-adjacent reboots that make you go, “Huh. That’s… happening.” And since the Clueless sequel will be executive produced by Silverstone herself, we can assume it’ll be treated with more care than, say, that time someone tried to make Heathers into a TV series and accidentally set feminism back three decades.
Cher in 2025: Not Totally with the Times
According to Silverstone, this updated Cher isn’t exactly tech-savvy. This is a bold choice in a world where influencers make six figures unboxing collagen powder on TikTok. But maybe it’s intentional. Cher’s charm has always been her mix of extreme confidence and complete detachment from reality.
She might not know how to work an Instagram filter, but she’s probably already trademarked her own brand of refillable kombucha bottles. She’s the type to give a TEDx talk titled Conscious Consumption: It’s Like, Totally Possible, then Uber Black home from the event because the bus is “too complicated.”
The Risks of Messing with Perfection
Silverstone admits she never thought she’d revisit Cher, worried about “messing up this thing we all love.” And she’s right to be cautious. Clueless wasn’t just a movie — it was a cultural artifact. It turned slang into scripture, made Paul Rudd immortal, and convinced a whole generation that dating your ex-stepbrother was somehow quirky instead of mildly alarming.
If the sequel doesn’t capture that same absurd yet weirdly endearing energy, it risks joining the Reboot Graveyard: a place where Fuller House and Sex and the City: And Just Like That whisper to each other about the good old days before streaming ruined their reputations.
How Far Can They Go?
Silverstone teased that they’ll “see how far we can go” with Cher’s sustainable fashion commitment. Which is ominous. Does “far” mean Cher becomes a guerrilla environmentalist, breaking into H&M warehouses to swap polyester blouses with hemp tunics? Or does it mean she lectures teenage girls at the mall while sipping from a reusable glass straw shaped like a Prada logo?
The possibilities are endless, and frankly, Peacock should lean into the chaos. Give us Cher doing a TikTok collab with Greta Thunberg. Have her accidentally join a commune in Topanga Canyon. Let her date a vegan crypto bro who only drinks rainwater.
Nostalgia with a Side of Lecture
The danger with reboots is that they often confuse nostalgia with a history lesson. We don’t want Cher to become a moral compass — we want her to remain slightly unhinged, painfully confident, and always ready to misinterpret a situation for comedic effect.
If they turn her into a preachy environmental saint, it’ll be like watching Elle Woods become a tax attorney: technically fine, but emotionally devastating.
Why We’re Even Getting This
Hollywood has figured out that Gen X and elder Millennials will pay real money to see the characters of their youth awkwardly age alongside them. And in this economy, “iconic” IP is safer than originality. The Clueless sequel will ride that wave — a glossy, gently used surfboard floating on a sea of streaming algorithms.
And honestly, if anyone can sell “secondhand chic” to America, it’s Cher Horowitz. After all, this is the woman who taught us that high school debate was just another runway and that traffic safety is the ultimate feminist issue.
Final Thoughts: As If… but Also, Sure
Do we need a Clueless sequel? Absolutely not. Will we watch it? Of course we will. Because no matter how much time passes, no matter how sustainable the fabrics or how vintage the Gucci, there’s something irresistible about Cher’s combination of privilege, optimism, and absolute inability to read the room.
If the original was about a girl learning to grow up without losing her sparkle, maybe the sequel will be about a woman learning to stay relevant without losing her charm. And if they can pull that off — well, that would be totally, like, sustainable.