Winona Ryder has confirmed rumors that first surfaced in 2006 and have been doing the rounds ever since: there’s a sequel being worked on to the 1989 cult classic Heathers.

“Whatever you hear, there is a sequel in the works. I swear to God,” Ryder told Us Weekly. “But for some reason the writer Dan Waters and director Michael Lehman don’t want to talk about it. I’ve been wanting to do a sequel forever. There is a story, and Christian [Slater] has agreed to come back as a kind of Obi-Wan character.”

Heathers, a black comedy starring Ryder, Christian Slater, and Shannen Doherty portrayed four girls in a trend-setting clique at a fictional high school in Ohio. The girls—three of whom are named Heather—rule the school through intimidation, contempt, and sex appeal, until Ryder and Slater use murder as a tool to change things. The movie was a box office failure, but went on to gain cult status, and rightly so: it was one of the best teen movies to come out of the 80s.

On the bright side, at least they’re not remaking it.

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1989′s twisted black teen comedy Heathers is being turned into a musical.

The movie started Winona Ryder and Christian Slater as a murderous pair who slowly kill off the ruling clique at their high school.
According to THR, Andy Fickman, director of “Race to Witch Mountain,” is developing Heathers the musical, along with Kevin Murphy and composer Larry O’Keefe, who earned a Tony nomination for best score for the Broadway version of “Legally Blonde.”

Readings for Heathers the musical took place this week (sort of like an audition for musicals) with Kristen Bell playing the lead and Christian Campbell as J.D.

The musical is hoped to be ready for a regional production in 2010, followed by a Broadway run.

I must confess, this was one of my favorite movies as a teen, and although I haven’t seen it for years, I still remember it vividly. If you’ve never seen it before, here’s the original trailer:

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