What ever happened to Heathers tv show?

WoollyRedHat

http://www.tv.com/news/a-heathers-tv-show-what-is-foxs-damage-17601/

Back in 2009, news was doing the rounds, that the latest movie to be given a leash of new life as a tv show was the much beloved cult movie, "Heathers" ( 1988)... which followed three friends, all called Heather's and Veronica, friends with them purely as a means to be with the popular crowd, but secretly hates them and what they represent, anyway, I'm not giving a summary, that's so not very.


So anyway, presumambly the idea was dumped. I can see no reference to any talk about the matter since.
Most likely is it because they realized what an atrocious idea it would have been to incorporate it into a tv series? Or what it have been such a bad idea?

This has already occured with a popular high school movie, that being 10 things I hate about you, which actually was received quite warmly despite objection orginally. It served one series, with the only reprisal of the orginal cast being the father.

Does a reimagining of a beloved movie into a tv series really matter that much, or vice versa?

Like any unworthy remake in terms of movies of the so-called classics, and fan favourites, it should stand to reason, that the endearing qualities of the orginal still stand to them and them alone and that the remake if unworthy or uneccesary, should only tarnish itself and have no bearing on its orginal subject matter.

In 10 things I hate about you, the tv series, the show had somewhat different tone than the movie and inevitably, people wouldn't of liked it, solely because they just weren't "those characters" and they couldn't ever do these characters justice, because they had a loyal and unwavering notion of that actor playing that character in a previous version and would be hard pressed to change it. Naturally.

Would they be more sympathetic should these beloved characters be played by the orginals, were this possible? Obviously, for the most part, in this case particularly Heathers, the possibility of this is an actual impossibilty, on account of the age difference and the fact that one prominent member of the cast has since died, but are people against the transfering of a popular movie to a tv show, on a matter of principle? The belief that the movie in itself is perfect, and that indeed any return to it,whether it have been by sequel or a tv series, would taint its image in the mind of the fan?

Personally I would be against it, a lot of the time these things simply don't work, a movie and a tv as a spectrum of entertainment are completely different and so the transition to the different format, for the most part does not work well, and in a film of Heathers, the execution would be poor and do an injustice to something which should stand on its own. It would be hard to see how it could keep interest with presumambly 30 minute episoides every week, without going off pace and losing relevence. It also stiffles creativity.

I am also one of those people that would not be able to watch it without thinking back to the actors which defined and brought the characters to life. For Heathers, the casting was almost perfect, Ryder nails it, I could not see anyone else doing it justice... likewise Christian Slater, he fitted into to the role of J.D brillantly... I just couldn't see new actors playing the roles as being credible and would constantly compare them to their movie counterparts.

Interested on thoughts, doesn't have to be limited to just Heathers.

I wasn't sure where to put this tbh, so if mods feel it more approirate for the Tv forum, please move it.