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Anthony Michael Hall Says John Hughes Raised Idea of a Breakfast Club Sequel

Hall’s recollection of a late-1980s phone call highlights renewed interest in the idea while confirming there is no public script or production plan.

Overview

  • Anthony Michael Hall told the Rich Eisen Show that his last conversation with John Hughes included a pitch to reunite the five Breakfast Club characters as working adults in their 30s.
  • Hall said the call happened around the late 1980s and that comedian John Candy was on the line during the discussion.
  • Hall added he does not know whether Hughes ever wrote a sequel script and reporters have found no public evidence that one was completed.
  • Multiple entertainment outlets ran Hall’s account this week and coverage notes the story rests on personal memory rather than new archival documents.
  • Cast views and practical hurdles complicate any revival because some original actors have opposed a straight remake and any project would require estate permissions and fresh creative choices to address the film’s 1980s limits.