Ryder’s ‘Heathers’ lined for TV makeover

London: Winona Ryder`s cult hit Heathers is all set for a new avatar, the flick will soon be to be made into a TV series. The 1989 film’s small screen version will have all the original characters.

The Lakeshore Entertainment film company, which holds the rights to the black comedy, has confirmed that scriptwriters had already started work for the TV version of the flick. The Daily Express quoted Lakeshore President Gary Lucchesi as saying: "We had the title, and talked about doing a film remake at times. But doing it for TV seemed like a fresh and original idea." According to the Daily Variety, Mark Rizzo and Sex And The City writer Jenny Bicks will write the scripts for the small screen version. ANI