{"id":442426,"date":"2026-02-01T08:04:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T08:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/442426\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T08:04:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T08:04:07","slug":"molly-ringwald-says-john-hughes-movies-shouldnt-be-remade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/442426\/","title":{"rendered":"Molly Ringwald Says John Hughes Movies Shouldn’t Be Remade"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tMolly Ringwald<\/a> broke out in filmmaker John Hughes<\/a>\u2018 coming-of-age classics from the \u201980s, but the tenured actress doesn\u2019t think other directors should commit to remaking movies like The Breakfast Club and Sixteen Candles.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Run Amok star spoke with People<\/a> about the notion of new takes on the prolific writer-director\u2019s works, saying she\u2019d rather see creators\u2019 modern-day interpretation of some of the themes raised in his projects.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWell, they can\u2019t be [remade] because they can\u2019t be made without the permission of John Hughes [who died at the age of 59 of a heart attack in 2009], and he didn\u2019t want the films to be remade,\u201d Ringwald told the outlet. \u201cAnd I don\u2019t think that they should be, really.\u201d (Presumably, Hughes\u2019 two sons, John III and James, would be in charge of such decisions.)<\/p>\n

\n\tFurthermore, the Riverdale alumna continued, \u201cI feel like if somebody does something, I would prefer that they do something \u2026 that takes from\u00a0Breakfast Club\u00a0and then builds on [it], and represents this generation\u2019s issues rather than to try to recreate what was of a different time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tLast year, during a 40th anniversary reunion for the 1985 seminal film<\/a>, Ringwald expressed similar sentiments regarding any potential remakes<\/a>: \u201cI personally don\u2019t believe in remaking that movie. Because I think this movie is very much of its time. You know it\u2019s very white, this movie. You don\u2019t see a lot of different ethnicities; we don\u2019t talk about gender, none of that, and I feel like that really doesn\u2019t represent our world today.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tShe added at the time, \u201cI believe in making movies that are inspired by other movies, but build on it and represent what\u2019s going on today. So I would like to see movies that are inspired by\u00a0The Breakfast Club\u00a0but take it in a different direction.\u201d<\/p>\n

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