Molly Ringwald Explains Why She Doesn’t “Personally Believe” In Remaking ‘The Breakfast Club’​on April 18, 2025 at 3:53 am

Despite the long-awaited reunion, don’t expect a the original Breakfast Club to endorse a modern update.

As she reunited with her co-stars from the 1985 John Hughes-helmed teen classic on Friday at Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo, Molly Ringwald explained why she doesn’t think the film needs a remake.

“I personally don’t believe in remaking that movie. Because I think this movie is very much of its time,” she said, according to multiple outlets. “You know it’s very white, this movie. You don’t see a lot of different ethnicities; we don’t talk about gender, none of that, and I feel like that really doesn’t represent our world today.”

Ringwald added, “I believe in making movies that are inspired by other movies, but build on it and represent what’s going on today. So I would like to see movies that are inspired by The Breakfast Club but take it in a different direction.

Marking the movie’s 40th anniversary, Ringwald reunited with Breakfast Club co-stars Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson and Ally Sheedy for a panel conversation.

During the panel, which is available to view in full online, the actors discussed their on-set memories of working with the storied writer-director Hughes, taking questions from the audience and speaking about the movie’s enduring legacy.

Shot at Maine North High School in Des Plaines, Ill., The Breakfast Club saw five disparate archetypical high schoolers come together, form unforgettable bonds and go through adolescent growing pains during one Saturday detention under the watchful eye of a domineering principal.