Rob Lowe and Demi Moore Are Actively Trying to Make a ST. ELMO'S FIRE Sequel Happen

A few months ago, we reported that actor Rob Lowe was in talks with the studios on getting the gang back together for a St. Elmo’s Fire sequel.

The original film was released in 1985, and nearly 40 years later, many of the cast has made incredible careers for themselves in Hollywood.

Despite the off-putting nickname of the “Brat Pack” that was given to the young adults who starred in the film, which was addressed in the great documentary Brats on Hulu, they went on to cement themselves in some great roles across TV and film.

Now, two alumni of the original movie, Lowe and his co-star Demi Moore, are in talks about what a sequel could look like. Lowe went on on Kelly Ripa’s Let’s Talk Off Camera podcast, and explained, “We’re very much in contact now because we are actively trying to do [the] St. Elmo’s Fire sequel.”

He added:

“It’s going a little more slowly than I would have liked. But that’s a good thing because we’re trying to find the right writer and the right story. But all of the actors, everybody is on board. Everybody is excited.”

The original Joel Schumacher film starred Lowe, Moore, Andie MacDowell, Andrew McCarthy, Ally Sheedy, Mare Winningham, Judd Nelson and Emilio Estevez as a group of recent college graduates who struggle with adulthood as they venture into the world.

Lowe went on to say:

“I think now, the theme of St. Elmo’s Fire today is that it’s never too late for happiness. Our kids are out of school and maybe some of us have been divorced and maybe somebody has been falling ill — all the things that you deal with as you get to our ages, this is an opportunity to explore those themes with characters that people know and love.

“And I think as opposed to just a money run, let’s just reboot it because people know the title of it. I actually think there’s a lot to be said about why we’re doing it. And I’m super excited about it. Hopefully we can pull it off.”

This sounds like the other great 1980s film, The Big Chill, that also boasted a great ensemble cast (and great soundtrack) in which a group of college friends reunite to check in with one another after the death of a mutual friend. I think a sequel about these people, now in their 60s, could be a great movie if they find a good story to tell.

Lowe previously told Entertainment Tonight that the sequel is in “very early stages” after he “met with the studio.” He noted that the documentary Brats, which came out this summer, “only added to the excitement around” the film and a potential sequel.

via: Deadline