SHE'S ALL THAT Remake in the Works

The teen-centric romance subgenre that was so popular in the '90s has mostly morphed into adaptations of post-apocalyptic young adult novels, but The Weinstein Company and Miramax are reportedly teaming to remake one of the seminal rom-coms from that era. TheWrap reports that the two companies are developing a remake She's All That, the 1999 film that starred Freddie Prinze Jr., Rachel Leigh Cook, Paul Walker, and Matthew Lillard.

For those who haven't seen the original movie, it was basically a riff on Pygmalion and My Fair Lady which saw a popular jock make a bet that he could turn a shy art student into the prom queen. It was the epitome of that cliche in which the guy removes the nerdy girl's glasses and suddenly discovers she's beautiful; despite the film's ridiculous cheesiness, it still seems to have gained cult status against people of a certain age.

I'm not quite sure that a remake in 2015 (or 2016 or '17, whenever it actually comes out) would work, though. Those cliches have been parodied to death at this point — Not Another Teen Movie put this film squarely in its crosshairs — and it would almost feel like going back and making a cabin in the woods-type horror movie after The Cabin in the Woods brilliantly deconstructed all of that subgenre's tropes. But I suppose there will always be young audiences to cash in on, and maybe director Kenny Leon will find a new take on it that will make it worth while.