ROTTEN TOMATOES: Who's Ready for a "Modern-Day Breakfast Club"?

Who's Ready for a "Modern-Day Breakfast Club"?

We only wish Paul Gleason could play the airport's chief security officer.

by Jeff Giles | March 03, 2008

Stop us if you've heard this one before: Five people, each from different walks of life, are forced into close quarters...and they walk away friends.

If you think the above sentence reads like the premise behind a certain mid-'80s John Hughes film about a certain club named after a certain early-morning meal, then you're not alone -- in fact, you're right where Bridget Johnson, producer of Bumped, wants you.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Bumped -- which "McG protege" Anna Mastro is set to direct from a script by Lizzy Weiss (Blue Crush) -- is being described as "a modern-day version of The Breakfast Club." Observe:

"Bumped" is a comedy-drama revolving around five twentysomethings -- including a corporate go-getter, a musician and a flirt -- who normally wouldn't be friends but who get to know one another when they're bumped from a flight and wind up stranded at Chicago's O'Hare Airport.

The Reporter says Bumped will mark Mastro's directorial debut; her previous credits include working alongside McG on Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle and Stay Alive, as well as developing and producing CW's Pussycat Dolls series.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

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jacog writes:
on Mar 03 2008 06:04 AM

"McG protege"? Heh... uhm... *snicker* ... ahem... BWAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

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Astr0creep writes:
on Mar 03 2008 06:06 AM

The "Second-Breakfast" Club?

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Elixor writes:
on Mar 03 2008 06:34 AM

Loosely sounds like The Breakfast Club, but could very well be nothing like it. I wouldn't compare the two unless it's a legit effort to make a modern day Breakfast Club, which it so far doesn't sound to be.

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andygates23 writes:
on Mar 03 2008 07:12 AM

She's (partly) responsible for Charlie's Angels: Full Throtle, Stay Alive AND The Pussycat Dolls? This woman should be shot!

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FLYmeatwad writes:
on Mar 03 2008 07:32 AM

So I assume they are the only 5 people in the whole airport?

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Product_of_You writes:
on Mar 03 2008 07:43 AM

Seems like a Hillary Duff movie.

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dracus writes:
on Mar 03 2008 07:56 AM

Great, regurgitated Breakfast Club. Leftovers at Dennys would be agood title.

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frogleg writes:
on Mar 03 2008 08:06 AM

*barfs*

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bat-fink writes:
on Mar 03 2008 08:11 AM

The Brunch club? Hey i see where this is heading.... 5 sequels if you count late night supper.

I will skip on this one. But im gonna copyright all the names of the meals of the day adding club to them, then they will have to pay me if they wanna make sequels.

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jokerboy1991 writes:
on Mar 03 2008 08:31 AM

Please dont make this.

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danielfrohlich writes:
on Mar 03 2008 09:03 AM

Even if isn't anything like the breakfast club it is going to be complete trash when looking at their credentials.

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sfsilver writes:
on Mar 03 2008 09:05 AM

McG has a protege? God help us and the film world.

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bigbrother writes:
on Mar 03 2008 09:09 AM

The Brunch Bunch. No one involved in this makes me think this is going to be generation defining like the Breakfast Club was and if it's not attempting to make that comparison is retarded unless what they're probably doing is trying to make a movie on the cheap, make a quick 15 mil opening weekend on suckers who actually buy this modern Breakfast Club angle before settling in the bargain bin where crap like this inevitably ends up.

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Dinobot77 writes:
on Mar 03 2008 09:36 AM

Why does Hollywood keep insisting in recreating iconic classics instead of trying to create new material? On top of that, McG's involvement should make this a direct to video campaign.

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salsafish writes:
on Mar 03 2008 09:48 AM

Yes, bargain bin.

Didn't like the original. There were no true misfits or outcasts among the characters, they were all just slightly different versions of the same confident, white, successful kids. I understand movies are usually not about real life, but I judge the ones who claim to be about real life much harder. (Juno? mmm)

Make it different. Add in some real characters: hispanics that can barely speak english. Ghettofabulous blacks. Kids who live on the street by choice. Cruel, beautiful people who are neither absurd caricatures nor redeemable. Nerds who are extremely nerdy, not ones that slip on social acceptance as easily as a glove. Bitter, hateful people who are still protagonists but don't start being nice to anyone. Anything.

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Ruckas356 writes:
on Mar 03 2008 10:11 AM

just remake it and get it over with

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nogard46 writes:
on Mar 03 2008 10:34 AM

sounds more like St. Elmo's Fire another brat pack movie!

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sunsaz writes:
on Mar 03 2008 10:39 AM

My precious childhood memories continued to be raped and pillaged by clueless executives looking to fatten their wallets.

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ThinPhantom writes:
on Mar 03 2008 10:40 AM

so we have finally come full circle. shouldn't jesus be here by now?

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iggybumtastic writes:
on Mar 03 2008 10:57 AM

Why remake this?? The original worked fine and still works fine. As for a McG prodege...........not much to live up to then since he is guff.

If you want to talk movies >> itsfilmtastic.co.uk

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