Did someone lose a bet?

There are two things about the news that The Weinstein Company and Miramax are remaking the 1999 high-school rom-com She’s All That that are especially flummoxing: (1) isn’t every high-school rom-com kind of a remake of She’s All That already? and (2) did you have any idea that She’s All That made more than $100 million at the worldwide box office?

The Wrap reports that not only is She’s All That due for a remake, it’s one that appears to be happening imminently, as a producer (Tonya Lewis Lee) and a director (Kenny Leon, who recently directed that Lifetime version of Steel Magnolias) have already been lined up for the project. (Of note: A Miramax rep “denied there’s a deal in place at this time.”)

There’s no word on how this new feature will differ from the original, though we’re fairly convinced that they’ll have to retrofit at least a handful of details: that hacky sack is cool, that a dude who appeared on The Real World would be a well-known star who still found the time to hang out at a local high school, and that a high school has its own resident DJ.

The original film, directed by Robert Iscove (the same filmmaker behind From Justin To Kelly), helped inspire legions of similar movies (really, hasn’t this film essentially been remade already?) and helped make the concept of literally gambling with people’s hearts a frequent trope in the genre. Freddie Prinze Jr. toplined the feature as cool high-school senior Zack Siler, who is brutally dumped by his girlfriend during spring break (way harsh) and then decides to retaliate by gussying up his school’s biggest geek and taking her to prom instead of his cruel ex-lady-love. Zack is further inspired to such a task by his (frankly just kind of rude) pal Dean (Paul Walker), who bets Zack that he can’t turn any girl into a Prom Queen-worthy piece, and then singles out nerdy art kid Laney Boggs (Rachael Leigh Cook, wearing glasses) as Zack’s mark.

Everything, of course, goes topside when Zack actually falls for her (inspired, of course, by her decision to finally remove her totally gross glasses). It’s a Cinderella tale for the ages, and one that literally includes a choreographed dance scene in the middle of prom, mostly because Usher (Ush-ush-Usssshuuur) plays the school’s resident DJ (???) and it looks cool on the big screen and served to make an entire generation wonder why their school did not have a resident DJ.

Anyway, everyone remove your totally gross glasses and get to dancing, we’ve got a remake to launch.