It may come as a surprise to modern audiences, but back in the day, not every popular movie got a sequel. John Hughes‘s classic “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” was a hit when it was released in 1986, but despite getting spun-off into a TV show, it never got a proper sequel. Now, one of its stars, Alan Ruck, is pitching a sequel that would take the characters into old age.
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Speaking with EW to promote his role in the upcoming “Freaky,” Ruck pitched his continuation of the Matthew Broderick-starrer. “There are always little rumors, and different writers will come up to [me] at parties or awards shows and say, ‘I’ve got a great idea, and then you never hear anything more about it,'” Ruck said. “Back in the day, John Hughes talked to Matthew briefly about maybe having Ferris go to college. I always thought they should wait until Matthew and I are in our 70s. Cameron’s in a nursing home, and Ferris comes and breaks him out!”
Despite making many seminal films in the ’80s, John Hughes’s movies rarely got sequels, at least the ones he directed. Sure, it’s easy to see why Hollywood executives would want to make a sequel to “The Breakfast Club,” or “Pretty in Pink” but it’s thankfully never happened. Though it is funny to think of Alan Ruck’s Cameron trading a Ferrari for a mobility scooter, considering how the sequels to the “Vacation” franchise have turned out, it’s probably for the best that nothing concrete has happened.
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In the meantime, we already got the next best thing to a sequel, in the form of a virtual reunion earlier this year, which you can watch right here.
