ST. ELMO'S FIRE Sequel in Early Stages of Development According to Rob Lowe: "We've Met With the Studio"

A sequel to the cult classic 1985 “Brat Pack” drama St. Elmo’s Fire is early in development, according to one of the film’s stars, Rob Lowe. In a recent interview with Entertainment Tonight, Lowe and his son, John Owen Lowe, talked about their Netflix comedy series Unstable, and the actor spoke about the possibility of rebooting St. Elmo’s Fire as a Sony film.

“We’ve met with the studio and I have been talking about doing it for about four months,” Lowe said about a potential sequel. He said the release of the Brats documentary earlier this summer from fellow Brat Packer Andrew McCarthy has “only added to the excitement around it.” “But it’s very, very, very, very, very early stages,” he added. “So we will see.”

The original St. Elmo’s Fire followed seven recent college graduates navigating their new adult lives, and it co-starred Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, McCarthy, Emilio Estevez and Ally Sheedy. The late Joel Schumacher was director, and he co-wrote the script with Carl Kurlander.

Rob Lowe, Moore, Estevez and Sheedy all went on camera for McCarthy’s recent documentary, in which McCarthy talks to his fellow actors about the origins of the term “Brat Pack” in a New York magazine story and the effect it’s had — or hasn’t had — on their careers.

A St. Elmo’s Fire TV series was shopped in 2019, with Josh Berman attached to write and executive produce and Chris King also executive producing, but it didn’t get off the ground.

I grew up watching this movie, and many more “Brat Pack” staples, so it has a lot of nostalgia attached to it for me. I would watch a remake, but I’d be even more stoked if this pans out and we get the original cast back! Would you be excited to see the original cast reunite for this sequel?

via: Variety