Stylish teens rule the school in new 'Heathers' trailer

Aug. 30 (UPI) -- Paramount Network has released a 30-second teaser for its upcoming series inspired by the 1988 dark comedy, Heathers.

Set to debut in 2018, the show takes place in the present day "as heroine Veronica Sawyer [Grace Victoria Cox] and boyfriend J.D. [James Scully] deal with a very different, but equally vicious group of Heathers --  Heather Chandler [Melanie Field,] Heather Duke [Brendan Scannell] and Heather McNamara [Jasmine Mathews,]" the cable network said in a synopsis.

The film version starred Winona Ryder as Veronica, Christian Slater as J.D. and Shannen Doherty as Heather Duke. The trailer for the update, which debuted Sunday during the MTV Video Music Awards, shows Veronica avoiding her stylishly dressed friends in the halls of their high school.