Fans of series like Maxton Hall and Gossip Girl are treated to a new highlight in the streaming program on Amazon Prime Video, which once again takes them into the lives of wealthy teenagers in lavish private schools.
The coming of age series Ice Cold Angels has a special template that all children of the 80s and 90s should still remember. Because the format tells the story cult film of the same name from 1999 new in which Sarah Michelle Gellar, Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Philippe played off against each other.
Maxton Hall replacement Ice Cold Angels streaming on Amazon: Two step-siblings shake up elite colleges
The Amazon series follows the plot of the 90s cult film by Roger Kumble (super sweet and super sexy). eight episodes and brings it into the present. In it, step-siblings Caroline Merteuil (Sarah Catherine Hook) and Lucien Belmont (Zac Burgess) top the food chain at an elite college in Washington DC.
But when an initiation rite on campus escalates, her reputation and influence are at stake. In order to save both of them, they have to get the US Vice President’s daughter, Annie Grover (Savannah Lee Smith), on their side. And that works best, by seducing them.
Watch the trailer for Ice Cold Angels here:
Ice Cold Angels – S01 Trailer (German) HD
Ice Cold Angels as a series: The first attempt failed in 2016
The project is not the first to take up the story of Ice Cold Angels as a series. Already in 2016 one was Series planned by US broadcaster NBC, which took place 17 years after the film and revolved around the son of the then main characters Sebastian Valmont and Annette Hargrove.
Even original star Sarah Michelle Gellar was brought back on board in her role as Kathryn Merteuil. However, after filming a pilot episode, the project was canceled and never saw the light of day.
In April 2023, Amazon instead tackled a new edition as a series with Phoebe Fisher (Assassination Nation) and Sara Goodman (I Know What You Did Last Summer) as creative forces – apparently with success. The series starts now on November 21, 2024 on Amazon Prime Video.
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