It’s a bittersweet symphony — well, for fans of the Prime Video series “Cruel Intentions,” it might just be bitter: the coed drama has been canceled after only one season at the Amazon streamer, per Variety.
Having originally debuted on the platform back in November 2024, the eight-episode show was based on the 1999 cult classic film of the same name starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon and Selma Blair, which itself was a modern-day adaptation of Pierre Choderlos de Laclos’ 1782 novel “Les Liaisons Dangereuses.”
Amazon’s “Cruel Intentions” followed the same conceit as the ’90s movie — two hyper-wealthy and ultra-manipulative stepsiblings do everything in their power to maintain their social status — but changed a few names (swapping out Kathryn Merteuil for Caroline Merteuil, Sebastian Valmont for Lucien Belmont), aged up the characters
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