BRECKIN MEYER is Returning as Travis in the CLUELESS Sequel Series and Joining the Writing Team
The upcoming Clueless TV series is bringing back another familiar face from the 1995 comedy! Breckin Meyer has revealed that he’ll reprise his role as lovable slacker Travis Birkenstock in the Paramount+ revival, and he’s also helping write the show.
Meyer shared the news during an appearance on the One Question podcast, confirming that he’s been working on the new series alongside the creative team. “I’ve been in the writers’ room on this show they’re doing of Clueless, a new version of Clueles.”
For Meyer, returning to a character he first played more than 30 years ago is an opportunity to combine two things he loves, acting and writing.
He described the experience as the “ultimate version of me doing both things,” adding, “Writing on a character that I played 30 years ago, and trying to figure out what he would say now, and it’s really fun to put it in my head and try to think.”
It’ll be fun to see what Travis is up to these days, especially since the original film left plenty of room to imagine where his life might have taken him.
The six-episode Paramount+ series will also bring back Alicia Silverstone as Cher Horowitz, who has traded her high school matchmaking days for a successful career and motherhood.
Set 30 years after the original film, the story follows Cher as she discovers that raising a teenage daughter comes with a whole new collection of problems. She may have figured out business and parenting over the years, but navigating her daughter's high school experience has her feeling completely clueless again.
Meyer admitted that he was initially curious about what the creative team had planned for the revival, but the material convinced him it was worth revisiting.
“When [the new series] came about, I was like, ‘I’m curious, what are you guys thinking?’ When I read it, I was like, ‘Oh, that’s actually pretty damn interesting, so let’s delve into that,’” he explained.
This also marks an interesting return for Meyer, who didn't reprise Travis when Clueless was first adapted into a television series for ABC following the film's success.
That version brought back several original cast members, including Stacey Dash, Donald Faison, Elisa Donovan, and Wallace Shawn, but Silverstone and Meyer didn't return to their original roles. Meyer eventually made a guest appearance, playing a completely different character named Harrison.
The new series is being written by Josh Schwartz, Stephanie Savage, and Jordan Weiss. Schwartz and Savage, known for The O.C. and Gossip Girl, are executive producing through their Fake Empire banner alongside Weiss, whose credits include Freakier Friday and Dollface.
Silverstone is also executive producing, along with the original film's writer-director Amy Heckerling and producer Robert Lawrence. Filming is expected to begin in 2027.
With Silverstone and Meyer both returning, and Heckerling involved in the production, the revival has some solid connections to the movie that fans still love.
I'm particularly curious to see what the writers have planned for Travis after all these years. He was one of the more fun supporting characters in the original movie, and having Meyer help write his return could make it even better.