McG protege and music video helmer Anna Mastro has signed on to direct Bumped, a modern-day version of The Breakfast Club, from a script by Lizzy Weiss. The plot is described as:
“A comedy-drama revolving around five twentysomethings — including a corporate go-getter, a musician and a flirt — who normally wouldn’t be friends but who get to know one another when they’re bumped from a flight and wind up stranded at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport.”
Discuss: Do we really need a modern-day remake of The Breaakfast Club? And if so, do we really want a protege of McG to direct it?
source: THR
February 29th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
“a corporate go-getter, a musician and a flirt” I wonder what the other two stereotypes they have in their arsenal are…
Not that Breakfast Club didn’t abuse stereotypes (at first) but Hughes was largely about debunking those myths, you know, in a stereotypical feel-good-ending eighties sorta way. But god damn it Judd Nelson is the shit in that flick.
Looks like they found a way to remake Breakfast Club to me. Who knows, if they aim high and don’t dull the edges for a tween audience this could be mildly impacting on todays assumptions of… absolutely nothing.
This will probably just end up being The Hills or the OC in an airport. With a black guy and a musician thrown in for good measure.
At least we have the next Aronofsky flick to pray for.
February 29th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
At least it’s not an actual remake of The Breakfast Club, I might have stroked out…or at least cursed on this comment…alot.
February 29th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
I hate that word. “Helmer.”
February 29th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
I stopped reading after the word “McG”. Sorry.
February 29th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
man they do that type of crap all the time anyway
February 29th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
To me, it seems as much a remake of ‘Breakfast Club’ as ‘Disturbia’ was a remake of ‘Rear Window,’ which is something I’m not opposed to. None of these are the same characters or anything, so I’m ok with that. But, to be clear, a maestro helms something, a doofus like McG does not.
February 29th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
If stuck in an airport…
Corporate Go-getter: does work on his ultra portable laptop or checks email on his blackberry.
Musician: pulls out ipod or iphone and listens to music / watches a movie.
Flirt: Pulls out phone and texts
If any of them feel like breaking character I assume they go buy a book, go eat some food at one of the restaurants or do any number of things you do in an airport other than talk to people around you and have a coming-of-age moment.
This sounds retarded.
February 29th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
If it’s about the “quarterlife” crisis, I’ll maybe, probably watch it.
February 29th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
The twist at the end could be that they all get onto flight 92 on 911. :0
February 29th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
btw, anyone seen that new Ferris Beuller ripoff. that thing has $2 walmart bin written all over it.
February 29th, 2008 at 4:31 pm
Oh, Fuck no!
February 29th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
Booooo!
For Slashfilm’s New York readers: The IFC Center is showing Sixteen Candles tonight and tomorrow at midnight. Breakfast Club soon to follow.
More info here: http://www.ifccenter.com/event?eventid=999851
February 29th, 2008 at 8:05 pm
Jerry Butler, I saw Charlie Bartlett and it was like someone put Rushmore and Ferris Bueller in a blender and served it in a dirty glass. Striking similarties to both films, not to mention it’s failed attempts at being socially relevant.
February 29th, 2008 at 9:14 pm
Thank you Hollywood for shitting on every good movie. Just let them be!!!! Think of something new for a change!
March 1st, 2008 at 10:02 am
Sounds more like a remake of Unaccompanied Minors rather than The Breakfast Club.
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:10 am
This doesn’t even sound like a TBC remake. It sounds like 5 people that get bumped from an airline flight.
March 3rd, 2008 at 1:12 pm
I thought you liked McG?