‘Cruel Intentions’ Canceled at Prime Video After One Season

“Cruel Intentions” will not be returning to Prime Video.

Prime Video has opted not to renew “Cruel Intentions” for a second season, an individual with knowledge told TheWrap. The news comes just under four months after “Cruel Intentions” first launched on Prime Video in November.

The series, which was led by “The White Lotus” star Sarah Catherine Hook, reimagined the 1999 cult classic film of the same name as well as 1988’s “Dangerous Liaisons,” except this time the tale took place in collegiate Greek life.

Hook starred as Caroline Merteuil, who made a deal with her step-brother, Lucien Belmont (Zac Burgess), for Lucien to seduce naive newcomer and daughter of the VP, Annie Grover (Savannah Lee Smith), in order to sway her to join Caroline’s sorority as a way to shield her chapter from an ongoing hazing scandal. If Lucien was successful, Caroline promised him that she would give him what he really wanted: her.

Co-showrunners Sara Goodman and Phoebe Fisher told TheWrap they had to “fight” to keep the tale’s iconic central story, saying it never crossed their mind to take out the sexual tensions between the step-siblings.

“We didn’t want it to be woke,” Goodman said. “We really did have to fight for it to stay ‘Cruel Intentions,’ to keep it cruel and to keep it fun, and to keep it based on the relationships and the characters, rather than kind of building an outside fake story that kind of falls apart and changes the tone of those shows.”

Caroline, Lucien and Annie were loosely based on the iconic characters played by Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe and Reese Witherspoon, respectively, in the 1999 movie, though the TV adaptation expanded the character of Cecile, which was played by Selma Blair in the movie and Sara Silva in the show.

The series was produced by Sony Pictures Television, Amazon MGM Studios and Original Film, and executive produced by Goodman, Fisher, Neal H. Moritz, Pavun Shetty and Roger Kumble.

All episodes of “Cruel Intentions” are available to stream on Prime Video.

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