Heathers (2022 Film)

Heathers is an upcoming black comedy film and is a remake of the 1989 film of the same name.
==Plot==
Veronica Sawyer is excited to start her new year at Westerburg High, which is run by the Heathers, a trio of popular girls led by Heather Chandler. During lunch, Veronica meets a mysterious boy in black, who gets into a fight with the school's top jocks, Kurt Kelly and Ram Sweeney, when trying to defend a bullied freshman. Veronica helps prevent the Heathers from getting in trouble for skipping class using a forged hall pass and they agree to let her join their clique.
Heather Chandler gets Veronica to forge a note to her best friend, Martha, saying that Kurt is inviting her to be his plus one to Heather Chandler's party that weekend, Veronica is hesitant, but eventually agrees. Later that night, Veronica stops at a 7/11 and meets the new kid, who introduces himself as Jason Dean, who she starts calling 'JD', a nickname his mother used to call him when he was a little kid. At the party, the Heathers attempt several pranks on Martha, but Veronica stops them all, eventually, Heather Chandler gets sick of her interfering and kicks her out of the house. When Veronica vomits on Heather's clothes, Heather vows to destroy her at school. On the walk home, she walks past JD's house, sneaks in and the two have sex.
The next morning, JD convinces Veronica to apologize to Heather to get back on her good side, and agrees to go with her. At the Chandler mansion, Veronica tells Heather that she will consider forgiving her if she gave her something for her hangover. In the kitchen, JD jokes about giving Heather drain cleaner, but Veronica decides not to, as it could kill her. The two kiss before Veronica grabs a mug, which she gives to Heather, but when she drinks it, she drops dead. JD realizes Veronica picked up the wrong mug and gave Heather the drain cleaner. JD gets the idea for Veronica to forge a suicide note before they leave.
On Monday, the school holds a memorial for Heather. The community regards Heather's apparent suicide as a tragic decision by a tortured teenager, and Heather becomes more popular in death. Heather Duke, who's real name is revealed to be Tiffany, takes Heather's signature red hair ribbon and takes over as the new queen bee of the school. Heather McNamara, who's real name is revealed to be Mary, convinces Veronica to join her on a double date with Kurt and Ram, during which, Veronica leaves with JD. Kurt passes out and Ram tries to rape McNamara, but JD scares them out of the car and forces to run away.
At school, Kurt and Ram spread a false rumor about Veronica performing oral sex on them, which ruins her reputation, despite McNamara's attempts to tell everyone the rumors are false. JD comes up with a plan for revenge by luring them into the woods and shoot them with non-fatal bullets that his grandfather used in World War II. JD shoots Ram, but Veronica misses Kurt, who runs away, before JD chases him and shoots him, Veronica realizes that the boys are dead and JD says he must have picked up the wrong bullets by mistake. The forge another suicide note saying that Ram and Kurt were gay lovers who killed themselves to avoid discrimination. At the funeral, the boys are made into martyrs against homophobia.
Veronica tells JD that they can't kill anyone else, and JD jokes that he will only kill in self-defense. Veronica sees a story in the paper about Martha, who pinned a suicide note to her chest before walking into traffic, she survived, but with several injuries and is mocked by the students. At school, McNamara is also ridiculed for talking about her depression on TV and attempts suicide, but Veronica and JD stop her.
JD tells Veronica that as long as bullies exist, more students might attempt to end their own life, and suggests they kill Heather Duke, but Veronica refuses and ends their relationship. At school, JD tricks Duke into getting signatures for a petition for the town to build a memorial to victims of suicide, while she plans a pep rally. On the night of the pep rally, JD reveals his plan to use the petition to act as a mass suicide note after blowing up the school, Veronica fakes hanging herself.
Veronica rushes to the school to stop JD's plan, where JD reveals he has been responsible for countless 'suicides' all over the state, including his own, abusive mother, he also confesses to intentionally killing Heather and the jocks, by switching the mugs at Heather's mansion and by intentionally loading his gun with real bullets, however, he had given the fake ones to Veronica, intending to frame Kurt for Ram's murder. Veronica and JD get into a fight where JD is accidentally shot with his own gun and Veronica defuses the bomb. Veronica heads outside and JD, still alive, walks out with a bomb on his chest, where he apologizes to Veronica for putting her through everything, he tells Veronica he loves her before detonating the bomb.
A suicide note from JD is found in the boiler room, where he confesses to the deaths of Heather Chandler, Kurt and Ram, along with all the people he had killed before. Veronica takes the red ribbon and becomes the new queen of the school. 9 months later, Veronica gives birth to a son.
==Cast==
* Dove Cameron as Veronica Sawyer
* Ross Lynch as Jason 'JD' Dean
* Bella Thorne as Heather Chandler
* TBA as Tiffany 'Heather' Duke
* Caroline Sunshine as Mary 'Heather' McNamara
* TBA as Pauline Fleming
* TBA as Father Ripper
* TBA as Kurt Kelly
* TBA as Ram Sweeney
* TBA as Peter Dawson
* TBA as M.C. May
* TBA as Betty Finn
* Raini Rodriguez as Martha Dunnstock
* TBA as Officer Milner
* TBA as Dennis
==Changes==
* In the original, JD pulls a gun on Kurt and Ram when they try picking on him, in the remake, he beats them up for torturing a freshman.
* In the remake, Heather Chandler is the only girl who is actually named Heather, as she gets her friends to adopt the name 'Heather' as a sign of loyalty.
* In the original, Heather Duke wears Heather Chandler's red scrunchie after her death, in the remake, it's a ribbon.
* JD is much less violent towards Veronica and actually acts like a good boyfriend to her, or tries to.
* Throughout the remake, Veronica keeps seeing hallucinations of Heather Chandler.
* JD helps Veronica in preventing McNamara's suicide. They also prevent McNamara's rape.
* It is confirmed that JD had killed people before attending Westerburg, including his mother.
* In the original, Veronica picks up the wrong mug that leads to Heather's death, and JD simply doesn't tell her that she picked up the wrong mug, in the remake, JD switches the mugs when Veronica isn't looking,