Another High School Musical?

Not quite but Disney has announced the cast of their upcoming teen dramedy, Prom. Producers say the movie will have the "mold" of High School Musical, but the feel of classic John Hughes' coming-of-age tales.(think Pretty in Pink, 16 Candles, Breakfast Club...)  How good does that sound?  We were only recently lamenting the lack of great teen flicks since the Hughes era and low and behold - PROM.

The cast is made up of relatively unknown actors but if this movie takes off they won't stay that way.  God I hope there's a Zac Efron talent hiding in their somewhere - could lightening actually strike twice?

 The lucky up-and-comers are Aimee Teegarden, Thomas McDonell, Danielle Campbell, Nolan Sotillo, Yin Chang, Jared Kusnitz, Nicholas Braun, Ben Esler, Kylie Bunbury, and DeVaughn Nixon.  Yep - never heard of them but we will be following closely never fear!

Danielle Campbell

Tom McDonell

Aimee Teegarden

(are those boobs serious?)

Nicholas Braun

Actually Nick Braun has been in heaps of things I have seen (but no one else over the age of 12 has) Princess Protection Agency, 10 Things I Hate About You (TV) Sky High and he is going to be in CHALET GIRL with Sophia Bush!! Maybe I actually do know some of the others.....

the hughes love continues

footage from a doco made a couple of years ago about some young film makers search for John Hughes has turned up and apparently been snapped up by a distributor. Looks as though it could be a fun watch. Lots of cameos, but sadly apparently no Molly!

R.I.P.

Another little bit of the 80's has gone!

For those of us that grew up with movies such as 'Pretty In Pink', 'Ferris Beuller', The Breakfast Club', Sixteen Candles', and 'Some Kind Of Wonderful', the news of John Hughes death from a heart attack comes as a huge loss.

John Hughes, who created some of the most famous comedies of the 1980s and 1990s, was only 59. He not only directed but wrote dozens of films that became the backdrop of my teen years.

He was also responsible for dozens of other movies, the 'Home Alone' series, 'Maid In Manhattan', 'Flubber', 'Curly Sue', and so many more. His genius will be sorely missed.