10 Things I Hate About You…the TV show?

I loved the original 10 Things I Hate About You, which wasn’t all that original considering it was based on The Taming of the Shrew, which also inspired Kiss Me Kate. But a solid performance from a young Heath Ledger made this an above-average dumb teen flick, and costars Julia Stiles, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Larisa Oleynik (a.k.a. Alex Mack) didn’t hurt either.

Then yesterday I was flipping through an Alloy catalog (I like cheap clothes) when I came across an ad for what appeared to be the same film, but I realized with horror it was actually an ad for a new ABC Family comedy series based on said film! This remake can only spell trouble. Okay, so Ethan Peck (who is filling Ledger’s shoes in the remake) is apparently Gregory Peck’s grandson, and he has that whole brooding look about him, although he kind of looks like Dan from Gossip Girl, which isn’t necessarily a good thing. But it’s pretty hard to compete with a dead guy who everyone still respects greatly.

You can compare the two casts below:

Before

After