Rob Lowe gives St. Elmos Fire sequel update 40…
Don’t ever let the fire exit.
Rob Lowe has offered a shocking update about a “St. Elmo’s Fire” sequel practically 40 years after the unique film premiered in June 1985.
“We’re working on the script, and it’s really getting good,” Lowe, 61, informed People in an interview printed Sunday, June 29.
Rob Lowe has offered a shocking update about a “St. Elmo’s Fire” sequel. (*40*)/@roblowe
“We’re working on the script, and it’s really getting good,” Lowe stated Sunday, 40 years after the unique “St. Elmo’s Fire” was launched. ©Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection
“I think it’s super valid to revisit those characters that continue to mean a lot to people and watch them navigate this chapter of life,” he continued, “because arguably this chapter of life is every bit as interesting and fraught as – ‘What do I do when I get out of college?’”
The authentic movie, which was launched on June 28, 1985, and directed by Joel Schumacher, adopted a group of current Georgetown University graduates as they navigated life after school in their early 20s.
Besides Lowe, who starred as Billy Hicks, the Brat Pack basic also featured Emilio Estevez (Kirby Keger), Andrew McCarthy (Kevin Dolenz), Demi Moore (Jules Van Patten), Judd Nelson (Alec Newbury), Andie MacDowell (Dale Bieberman) and Ally Sheedy (Leslie Hunter).
Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, Emilio Estevez, Ally Sheedy, Judd Nelson, Mare Winningham and Andrew McCarthy in “St. Elmo’s Fire” in 1985. ©Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection
The authentic movie adopted a group of current Georgetown University graduates as they navigated life after school in their early 20s. ©Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection
Interest in a “St. Elmo’s Fire” sequel reportedly began final 12 months after McCarthy launched his documentary “Brats,” which noticed a number of of the ’80s stars reunite to talk about their experiences as members of the so-called Brat Pack.
Lowe stated that the documentary “only added to the excitement around” a “St. Elmo’s Fire” sequel, and he later claimed that one was in the “very early stages,” although he couldn’t make any guarantees about whether or not it could pan out.
“We’ve met with the studio and I have been talking about doing it for about four months,” he informed Entertainment Tonight final 12 months. “But it’s very, very, very, very, very early stages. So we will see.”
Lowe started teasing a “St. Elmo’s Fire” sequel final 12 months. Getty Images for Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Demi Moore and Rob Lowe in “St. Elmo’s Fire.” ©Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection
Then, earlier this 12 months, the “West Wing” alum instructed that a “St. Elmo’s Fire” sequel was doubtlessly in development at Sony Pictures.
“We’re putting together ‘St. Elmo’s Fire 2.’ So we’re back working together. We’re gonna see what those people are doing at our age now. This is a real thing,” Lowe stated during “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” in February.
“I know. It’s great. It sounds like it could be a bit, but you’d also go, ‘Wait a minute, I’d see that,’” he continued at the time. “When we did the original, we were on the cover of Rolling Stone. Now we’ll be on the cover of AARP, but it’s still gonna be great.”
Demi Moore as Jules and Rob Lowe as Billy Hicks in “St. Elmo’s Fire.” ©Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection
Director Joel Schumacher and Rob Lowe on the set of “St. Elmo’s Fire” in 1985. ©Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection
He also claimed that “everybody” from the unique movie was “on board” during an episode of his “Literally with Rob Lowe” podcast in March.
“The script has to come in and we all have to like it, but everybody wants to do it,” Lowe stated. “Everybody’s on board.”
However, others have forged doubt on a “St. Elmo’s Fire” sequel.
“The script has to come in and we all have to like it, but everybody wants to do it,” Lowe stated in March. Getty Images for Airbnb
“Everybody’s on board,” Lowe also stated earlier this 12 months concerning a sequel. GC Images
Producer Adam Fields, who labored on different Brat Pack flicks like “Sixteen Candles” and “The Breakfast Club,” questioned how Lowe and the others would go about making the sequel more than 4 a long time after the unique.
“I haven’t read [the script], and I don’t know what their approach is,” Fields informed The Post in February.
“I mean, I feel like most of these movies were a moment in time, and they reflected a moment in time, so I don’t know how they can do anything,” he added.
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