Category: John Hughes
“Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” Is Getting A Spin-Off
In another example that Hollywood has not actually run out of ideas but, in reality, is too lazy to come up with anything new, the 80s classic Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is getting a spin-off. Having seen both viewer and critical success with the Karate Kid series Cobra Kai, creators Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg, and Josh Heald realized they could milk even MORE out of the content from the Greed Decade. It took us 40 years but we’re finally getting around to seeing the John Hughes Universe come to life!
Selena Gomez Is Executive Producing A Comedy Series Based On “16 Candles”
16 Candles is one of those movies I loved as a kid but is nearly unwatchable today. So I’m not particularly pressed that Selena Gomez is going to turn it into a half-hour single-camera comedy series for Peacock. Deadline reports that Selena will executive produce 15 Candles, which will be a “reconfiguration of the world” of John Hughes’ original. I don’t know if that means it’s going to be set in a different town, or if we’re finally going to get to see what things look like on the other side of the tracks in Shermer, Illinois. And I mean the OTHER OTHER side where all the non-exchange student minorities live, not where Molly Ringwald lived in Pretty in Pink.