Editing Cruel Intentions (section)

== Subsequent media ==
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=== Direct-to-video films ===
''[[Cruel Intentions 2]]'' was released [[direct-to-video]] in 2001, written and directed by [[Roger Kumble]], assembled from three episodes filmed for ''Manchester Prep'', a [[prequel]] series scrapped by [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]. The story features younger versions of Sebastian Valmont and [[Kathryn Merteuil]] played by [[Robin Dunne]] and [[Amy Adams]], respectively.

''[[Cruel Intentions 3]]'' followed in 2004, directed by [[Scott Ziehl]], starring [[Kerr Smith]] and [[Kristina Anapau]], as Cassidy Merteuil, cousin to Kathryn.

None of the cast from the original appeared in the sequels.

===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>

===Amazon Prime Video reboot series===
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In October 2021, a television series [[Reboot (fiction)|reboot]] of ''Cruel Intentions'' was in development for IMDb TV (now [[Amazon Freevee]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a37832946/cruel-intentions-reboot-tv-show-washington-dc/|title=Cruel Intentions Is Rebooting as a TV Show In the Scandalous World of Politics|last=Lutkin|first=Aimee|date=October 2, 2021|website=[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]]|access-date=April 9, 2022|archive-date=April 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409220351/https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a37832946/cruel-intentions-reboot-tv-show-washington-dc/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/10/cruel-intentions-series-reboot-imdb-tv-1234848051/|title=Cruel Intentions Series Reboot In Works at IMDb TV|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=October 1, 2021|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=April 9, 2022|archive-date=April 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220412021535/https://deadline.com/2021/10/cruel-intentions-series-reboot-imdb-tv-1234848051/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/film-tv/article/54374/1/cruel-intentions-is-set-to-be-rebooted-as-a-tv-series-set-in-washington-dc|title=Cruel Intentions is set to be rebooted as a TV series set in Washington DC|last=Waite|first=Thom|date=October 2, 2021|website=[[Dazed]]|access-date=April 9, 2022|archive-date=April 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409220311/https://www.dazeddigital.com/film-tv/article/54374/1/cruel-intentions-is-set-to-be-rebooted-as-a-tv-series-set-in-washington-dc|url-status=live}}</ref> In April 2023, the reboot was given a series order.<ref name="Ordered">{{cite web |last1=Ausiello |first1=Michael |title=''Cruel Intentions'' TV Adaptation Ordered to Series (Finally!) at Amazon |url=https://tvline.com/2023/04/04/cruel-intentions-tv-show-amazon-sarah-michelle-gellar-series-order/ |website=[[TVLine]]|date=April 4, 2023 |access-date=April 5, 2023 |archive-date=April 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405035541/https://tvline.com/2023/04/04/cruel-intentions-tv-show-amazon-sarah-michelle-gellar-series-order/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It premiered on Amazon Prime Video on November 21, 2024.

===Musical===
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A 1990s [[jukebox musical]] by Kumble, Rosin, and Ross, was first staged in 2015. After two runs in Los Angeles and a pop-up engagement in New York, ''[[Cruel Intentions: The '90s Musical]]'' made its [[Off-Broadway]] debut at the Greenwich Village nightclub [[Le Poisson Rouge]] in November 2017 and ran through April 2018. Set to pop and rock [[1990s in music|hits of the 1990s]] and songs from the film's soundtrack, the plot follows the manipulations of Sebastian Valmont and Kathryn Merteuil, out to destroy anyone who gets in their way.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 20, 2018 |first=Andy |last=Lefkowitz |title=Cruel Intentions Musical Extends Off-Broadway Run for Third & Final Time |url=https://www.broadway.com/buzz/191229/cruel-intentions-musical-extends-off-broadway-run-for-third-final-time/ |access-date= |website=Broadway.com |language=en |archive-date=December 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211224203815/https://www.broadway.com/buzz/191229/cruel-intentions-musical-extends-off-broadway-run-for-third-final-time/ |url-status=live }}</ref>