I must say I’m quite surprised The Breakfast Club has not yet been remade. I’m further surprised that the Hollywood Reporter would say that a “modern-day version of The Breakfast Club” is being produced and then provide a plot synopsis that has little in common with The Breakfast Club. And then say at the end of the article that this new film, Bumped, has no formal association with The Breakfast Club. So let me make this clear: Bumped is NOT a remake of the Breakfast Club. It might, however, be copyright infringement.
Bumped, which will be an independent film, is about five “twentysomethings” (I hate that word) who are bumped from a flight in Chicago and end up stuck in the airport together. HR makes a point to note that these people “normally wouldn’t be friends.” I guess that’s the connection the The Breakfast Club. Well, that and how it’s a comedy-drama. This is some shameful coattail riding.
The script was written by Lizzy Weiss (Blue Crush) and will be directed by Anna Mastro, whom HR describes as McG’s “protégé.” I bet I know how she got that title (cue rimshot). I’m just kidding, Anna. I’m just having some fun at your expense. I’m sure you’re a perfectly capable individual.
I guess they’ll go into pre-production on Bumped soon, but that’s as far as they plan on going before the SAG situation is resolved. I’m hoping for a copyright battle in the mean time.
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I don't get it. How is that synopsis copyright infringement?
A group of people are forced together in a location. Hijinx and drama ensue.
Sounds like your typical 'dramedy'.
I hope they do a shot-by-shot of a jock twenty-something crying about duct-taping a nerd's ass shut. That's high comedy.
Why would you spend so much time blabbling about what some ass said about a Breakfast Club remake when the plot synopsis barely has anything in common with Breakfast except for some unconventional people stuck together? Shit man, this could turn into Identity for all you know. Unconventional people stuck….in a hotel. OH, infringement!!
Indeed, I mean look at movies like that that've come and gone and still been decent, not only do they span time periods they span genres too. Do we classify Deep Blue Sea as a ripoff as it thrusts a group of unconventional people together in a situation where outside work they too would normally never be friends?
What is this article even about?
meantime, meantime, meantime unless you're talking about Greenwich Mean Time you fucking retard.
And seriously, let's clog up our courts some more with useless litigation.
Nick, I implore you, stop the insanity Susan Powter-style.
This article is the dumbest fucking thing I've ever read on this site. You're surprised The Breakfast Club has never been remade, eh, Phil? Yeah, me too, with all those other 80s teen comedies being remade, who wouldn't be? God, you're fucking dumb. You should just seppuku at this point. Quit CHUD and go write somewhere where your approach is appropriate, like the IMDb message boards.
And this is the new quality the CHUD facelift is bringing to the table. Awesome~!
Wow, you fat nerds really do get tough and nasty when you have internet anonymity to hide behind, don't you? if you hate Phil that much, just skip his fucking articles.
It's not that I hate Phil personally; I just love CHUD enough to hate his articles.
Why the hell haven't they made the sequel to BREAKFAST CLUB, where they all meet at the high school reunion? Done well, it could be excellent, and a logical progression to the story to see where these characters have gone in their lives? It'd almost be their BIG CHILL.
I think the sequel the THE BREAKFAST CLUB should take place at an airport where they are all bumped off of their flights and have to wait in the airport for a rescheduled flight.
Wait, couldn't this just be called Unaccompanied Not-Quite-Minors?
Can someone please do something about Phil Owen? Terrible.
Please read the Variety article before you start griping about this article having no point. The writer in Variety begins by explicitly drawing a parallel between this movie and "The Breakfast Club," and is clearly trying to give the impression that this movie is a successor to John Hughes '80s teen movie. While that's not legally actionable, it is a bit disingenuous, because the only line in Variety that clarifies that the two movies are NOT related is a short aside enclosed in parentheses at the end of the article.
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