‘Cruel Intentions’ TV series to star Taylor John Smith as Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe’s son

The “Cruel Intentions” TV series adaptation has found its lead cast. While Sarah Michelle Gellar is still being courted to reprise her role in the series, producers have already tapped “American Crime” actor Taylor John Smith and Samantha Logan to play the lead roles.

Deadline reports that Smith will play Bash Casey, the son of Annette Hargrove and Sebastian Valmont, played by Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe in the 1999 film. Logan, on the other hand, will play Cassidy, the spoilt daughter of Kathryn Merteuil’s (Gellar) husband.

The US drama will be set in the present day, 15 years after the film left off. Kathryn is set to fight for the control of Valmont International and Bash, who is introduced to the corrupted world of sex, money and power after discovering his late father’s journal.

Gellar is still being courted to reprise her role as Kathryn. It’s unknown if Witherspoon and Phillippe, who fell in love in real life after starring in the film, are also reprising their roles.

In the 1999 drama “Cruel Intentions,” Sebastian died in the end, with Annette inheriting his prized sports car, and his stepsister Kathryn’s reputation being ruined after her drug stash was discovered.

Smith currently appears in the anthology crime drama “American Crime,” while Logan has appeared in “Teen Wolf” and “The Fosters.”

Roger Kumble, the writer and director of “Cruel Intentions,” will helm the pilot episode. Lindsey Rosin and Jordan Ross, the duo who created “The Unauthorised Musical Parody of Cruel Intentions,” are producing the show with Neal H. Mortiz. No details yet on the production date or air date on NBC.

The film, which also starred Selma Blair, Tara Reid, Sean Patrick Thomas and Joshua Jackson, was a box office success, raking in US$76 million (AU$108 million) worldwide. It spawned two direct-to-video prequel and sequel.