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BREAKFAST CLUB REMAKE – BUMPED
March 4th 2008 20:47
I am trying to contain my disdain so that I can write this post. It seems another remake is on the way - a modern-day version of the iconic classic Breakfast Club.
Bumped centres around a group of twenty-somethings that form an unexpected friendship despite their diverse personalities. Among them, a career-driven corporate shark, a musician and a flirt, are bumped off a flight and stranded at Chicago's O'Hare airport where they get to know each other better.
For many including myself, The Breakfast Club was the brat pack film that defined the 80s. I didn’t know a friend who didn’t relate to one of the characters or their feelings. The cast was stellar, with Molly Ringwald as the prudish Princess, Emilio Estevez as The Athlete, Michael Hall as The Brain, Judd Nelson as The Rebel and Ally Sheedy as The Reclusive Misfit. Simple Minds’ lyrics from, ‘Don’t you forget about me”, flawlessly suited the mood, further etching the film and characters in the viewer’s mind.
Bumped will be a directorial debut for Anna Mastro, the producer of the television reality series ‘The Search for the New Pussycat Doll’’. Lizzy Weiss, who wrote the 2002 surfer movie Blue Crush, wrote the script. It will be financed independently and sold to a studio later.
It’s uncertain when filming will actually begin as there are concerns some actors may begin a strike after the Screen Actors Guild's contract with Hollywood studios ends on the 30th June.
We’ve just finished one lengthy strike; let’s hope another one isn’t going to happen although I'm not sure I'm in a great hurry to see this idea created.
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