Editing Cruel Intentions (section)

===Canceled sequel series===
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[[NBC]] picked up a television [[pilot episode|pilot]] for a continuation of the film's storyline in October 2015. The pilot was set seventeen years after the events of the film and sees Bash Casey, son of Sebastian Valmont and Annette Hargrove, discover his late father's journal. Upon discovering this he is thrown into a world of lies, sex, and power. The potential series was to have Kathryn Merteuil, Bash's step-aunt, attempt to gain power of Valmont International.<ref>{{cite news |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |url=https://deadline.com/2016/02/cruel-intentions-reboot-nbc-pilot-drama-1201695249/ |title='Cruel Intentions' Reboot Gets NBC Pilot Order |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=February 2, 2016 |access-date=February 5, 2016 |archive-date=February 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204091533/https://deadline.com/2016/02/cruel-intentions-reboot-nbc-pilot-drama-1201695249/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In February 2016, [[Taylor John Smith]] and [[Samantha Logan]] were cast, with Smith playing the male lead role of Bash Casey, Sebastian Valmont and Annette Hargrove's son.<ref>{{cite news |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |url=https://deadline.com/2016/02/cruel-intentions-taylor-john-smith-star-samantha-logan-sarah-michelle-gellar-nbc-pilot-1201707460/ |title='Cruel Intentions': Taylor John Smith Set As the Male Lead, Samantha Logan Cast |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=February 23, 2016 |access-date=February 23, 2016 |archive-date=June 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240606221849/https://deadline.com/2016/02/cruel-intentions-taylor-john-smith-star-samantha-logan-sarah-michelle-gellar-nbc-pilot-1201707460/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Gellar reached a deal with producers to reprise her role as the female lead, Kathryn Merteuil.<ref>{{cite news |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |url=https://deadline.com/2016/02/sarah-michelle-gellar-cast-cruel-intentions-nbc-pilot-1201708911/ |title=Sarah Michelle Gellar To Reprise 'Cruel Intentions' Role In NBC Pilot |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=February 24, 2016 |access-date=February 25, 2016 |archive-date=February 25, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160225225132/https://deadline.com/2016/02/sarah-michelle-gellar-cast-cruel-intentions-nbc-pilot-1201708911/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In March, [[Kate Levering]] was cast to replace Witherspoon for the role of Annette Hargrove.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Andreeva|first1=Nellie|title='Cruel Intentions': Kate Levering To Play Reese Witherspoon's Annette In NBC Pilot|url=https://deadline.com/2016/03/cruel-intentions-kate-levering-cast-annette-nbc-pilot-reese-witherspoon-1201711979/|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=April 4, 2016|date=March 1, 2016|archive-date=April 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404082246/http://deadline.com/2016/03/cruel-intentions-kate-levering-cast-annette-nbc-pilot-reese-witherspoon-1201711979/?|url-status=live}}</ref>

Several months later, on October 31, NBC passed on the project and the series did not go forward.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/10/cruel-intentions-dead-nbc-to-be-shopped-1201845779/|title='Cruel Intentions' Not Going Forward At NBC, To Be Shopped Elsewhere By Sony|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=October 31, 2016|access-date=November 1, 2016|archive-date=November 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161101102904/http://deadline.com/2016/10/cruel-intentions-dead-nbc-to-be-shopped-1201845779/|url-status=live}}</ref>