Ferris Bueller Two?
As a fan of this fine film (and the main actors - who didn't want to love Mia Sara? And Allan Ruck has had a fine career (well-deserved), as has Jeffrey Jones, Ben Stein, Edie McClurg, Charlie Sheen - well,.., and I sure wish Jennifer Gray had done more - WITHOUT getting her nose bobbed. She is STILL darn cute!!) Anyway,
Does anyone know if they ever kicked around a sequel? Hughes REALLY missed a franchise opportunity here, and it wouldn't have to have been cheesy. Maybe Matthew Broderick could have worked with Nathan Lane (as Cameron? Ed Rooney??) in a Broadway version? Broderick could have done FB-2 a number of ways:
1. Ferris Bueller's Take Off - After college, he becomes a male stripper (so he can raise his and Sloan's child while he studies at Law School). He accidentally gets confused with an astronaut, switches place, and off he goes into orbit. He meets a Venusian woman named Naols, and she takes him to meet her father Yenoor, who isn't sure what to think of this human. After Ferris borrows Yenoor's flying saucer and goes (with Naols) to Uranus, putting too many light years on the flying saucer. But Ferris wins him over as he infiltrates the annual Venusian 'Saint Kcirtap's Day Parade."
2. Ferris Bueller's Lay Off - After college, Ferris gets a gig as a Cubs Mascot (don't forget the economy was in the toilet from 1989 - 1993). He gets laid off, then decides to get Cameron (who's become a successful Ferrari restorer), to skip work by pretending to be sick. Cameron borrows a customer's car, and then they go get Sloan (who is now a high school senior), and drive to Chicago to have a good time. Hijinks ensue...
3. Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Resurgence - Present Day. Ferris and Sloan (now divorced), and Cameron (who's STILL a Virgin), take a day off together. Cameron - who still lives at home (in the same house, with the same re-built Ferrari) is so depressed, he's suicidal. Ferris, former con man/ retired congressman, has moved back home after his divorce from his second wife (not Sloan - she was #1- they divorced after two years because of his ambition). His sister Jeanie (who got divorced from Charlie Sheen, after he paid for her nose job..) also moved home to re-tool herself. The four of them spend the day in Chicago, as Ferris & Sloan re-kindle their relationship. Jeanie ends up falling for Cameron, after getting her 'ticket punched' under Wrigley Field by the 45 year-old virgin!); along the way, the run into Mr. Rooney and Grace, who are now together, still bickering at each other. Ferris' and Jeanie's parents are dead, but we get to meet Cameron's - who are almost identical to Ferris' folks! z
4. Ferris Bueller's Pay Off - After college, Ferris & Sloan get married, but Ferris turns out to be a secret pedophile; Sloan has become a sexually unfulfilled housewife - longing for adventure & romance! - while lying to herself about Ferris' "tendencies". Cameron is now an outwardly conservative attorney, who is happy, healthy, wealthy, and VERY single, as everyone keeps trying to find him a girlfriend.
When Ferris gets into "legal trouble" in Thailand, he calls his old pal for (financial) help & moral support. Cam wants to help his old friend, so he calls Sloan to join him to go see Ferris. On the plane, Cameron discovers he is VERY attracted to Sloan. Upon their arrival in Bangkok, they meet with Ferris at the jail, and Cams finds out Ferris' has a rape charge against him by a teenage boy. When Ferris tells of his plan to buy his way out of jail and to go back to America before being sent to prison, Cameron balks, then walks! Ferris pleads with Sloan to go after him, and not knowing of his attraction to her, asks her to "do whatever you have to do" to change his mind. During the week, as Ferris talks his captors into accepting a bribe for his release (all while never knowing if the money will be there or not - his only link to the outside being Sloan's daily visits..), Sloan keeps trying to get Cameron's help. Cams plays along just enough, while keeping her "at arm's length" while enjoying her visits (and her attempts at selling him on giving Ferris the dough). At the end of the week, not only is Cameron in love with Sloan, she has fallen for him. How will it end?????
Just a few ideas, ALL which are really, really, REALLY fugacheking Good!
YOUR TURN!!! C"MON, FANS.... IDEATE!!!
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