Over 35 years since FerrisBuellersDayOff hit theaters, a spinoff movie is in development focusing on two surprising characters from the original.
A Ferris Bueller's Day Off spinoff film about some surprising characters is in development. Written and directed by John Hughes, Ferris Bueller's Day Off starred Matthew Broderick as a high school student who fakes being sick in order to have an adventurous day off with his best friend and girlfriend. Released in 1986, the film also starred Alan Ruck, Mia Sara, Jennifer Grey, Jeffrey Jones, and Charlie Sheen.
The film is regarded as a comedy classic, like many of Hughes' films of that era, from Sixteen Candles to The Breakfast Club to Planes, Trains & Automobiles. In an effort to find transportation for their day off, Bueller "borrows" his best friend's father's vintage Ferrari, which they take into the city of Chicago, eventually taking the car to a parking garage.
Hughes died in 2009, leaving behind a legacy of teen and family comedies that have left an indelible mark on Hollywood, but he only worked on sequels for Home Alone and the Vacation films. The late writer apparently had an idea for a Ferris Bueller sequel, but it never made it to script form. A Ferris Bueller sitcom starring Charlie Schlatter and Jennifer Aniston was released in 1990, but was canceled after one season.
Hurwitz, Scholssberg, and Heald have had great success in taking a nostalgic property and spinning it off into a global phenomenon with Cobra Kai, so there's some good faith in them tackling something as beloved as Ferris Bueller's Day Off. While it's still possible to do a follow-up sequel to Ferris Bueller's Day Off with the original cast, the prospect seems unlikely, so spinning off other characters from the original film may well be the best way forward.
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