At Paramount Pictures, a spin-off of the beloved John Hughes film Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is apparently in production.
The spin-off will be directed by the Cobra Kai founders Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg, and Josh Heald, with Bill Posley penning the story, according to a brand-new Deadline report.
The new film, Sam and Victor’s Day Off, is starring Matthew Broderick and will “follow the same-day adventure of the titular valets who took the Ferrari on a pleasure ride.”
Paul Young (producer), Devon Young (executive producer), Stephen Cedars, Benji Kleiman, and Scott Yacyshyn are all involved in the new project (associate producers).
As part of Josh Gad’s online series “Reunited Apart,” the Ferris Bueller’s Day Off ensemble came together during the first COVID lockdown in 2020.
The Frozen star used his lockdown to reunite the casts of popular films, such as The Goonies, The Lord of the Rings, and Ghostbusters, for a series of lockdown webcam specials.
Gad brought together Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara, and Jennifer Grey from the John Hughes cult film for the series’ last installment.
Ben Stein, who played the economics teacher in the movie, Lyman Ward, and Cindy Pickett were also there during the reunion as the group reminisced about their experiences working on the movie. While director Kenny Ortega, who choreographed the movie’s famed march scene, also made an appearance, fan Jake Gyllenhaal tuned in to question trivia.
John Hughes, who passed away in 2009, was honored at the episode’s conclusion with lines from his films being reprised by a variety of other actors, including Molly Ringwald, Steve Martin, Catherine O’Hara, Michael Keaton, Judd Nelson, and Anthony Michael Hall.
The program helped CORE, which “provides financial support when a food and beverage employee with children confronts a health crisis, death, or natural calamity,” by raising money.