Demi Moore on ‘St. Elmo’s Fire’ Sequel and the Punishing Lengths She Went to Pull Off ‘The Substance’
variety.comBrent Lang Executive Editor The Brat Pack may be getting back together. Demi Moore, currently generating Oscar buzz for her daring turn in “The Substance,” revealed that discussions are underway with Sony, the studio behind “St.
Elmo’s Fire,” to make a sequel to the seminal 1985 film. “The update is definitely, conversations are happening,” Moore said in an interview at the Toronto Film Festival. “[The] studio has been really behind [and] driving this.
As far as I know, everyone seems to be up for it, which I think would be amazing.” The original movie explored the lives of a group of recent college grads as the navigated that difficult early period of adulthood, one filled with relationship troubles and career anxiety.
It also helped elevate the profiles of Moore and fellow cast-mates like Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Ally Sheedy, Mare Winningham, Judd Nelson and Andrew McCarthy (whose recent documentary “Brats” revisited the furor that surrounded that group of actors, dubbed “The Brat Pack” in a snarky New York Magazine piece).
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