There's a rumor going around that a sequel to the '80s movie
Pretty In Pink will come out next year, starring all the original cast: Molly Ringwald, John Cryer, and Andrew McCarthy. It will supposedly revisit the characters from the original movie twenty years later, to find out where they are now. I know the rumor must have spread pretty far because I heard it from my wife last week, and she thinks she heard it on the radio, or somewhere like that. However, the rumor is just a hoax. There is no sequel. The source of the rumor was an April Fool's Day hoax perpetrated by
ComingSoon.net. From there it got picked up by the
British press, who failed to realize that it was a joke, despite some obvious clues (such as the sources for the story leading to pages that said 'April Fools Day'). The
No True Bill blog has the full details.
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Mind you, 'St Elmo's Fire' or 'The Breakfast Club' would probably be sequelised first (in the former case if they could afford Demi Moore).
Yeah, I'm the guy responsible for the gag on ComingSoon, but there was a very specific reason why I chose "Pretty in Pink" as the fodder for my April Fools' Joke. There's an online game called the Hollywood Stock Exchange where you can buy/sell stocks based on movies and stars. For years, they've had a stock for a sequel to Pretty in Pink for no particular reason, because as mentioned here, there's never been a plan for a sequel. It became a bit of a joke on the message boards because vets would post "Buy PINK2!" whenever newbies would ask for "stock tips".
Well, on April Fool's, my editor was on vacation and I was put in charge of the news, so it was just way too tempting to create a fake new story that there really was a sequel in the works. Of course, if anyone actually read the article, it would be pretty obvious it was a joke. (Check out that "quote" from Jon Cryer!) And of course, the fake links. But nope...people jumped on it...I think the stock even went up $2 that night.
I'm sure most CS readers had no idea about the HSX running joke....neither did the Guardian apparently. 😊
For what it's worth, I can't stand Blaine and I was always a bit pissed that she chose him at the end of the movie instead of Duckie Dale. I know that I wouldn't have wanted anything more to do with him (Blaine) after what he did. In fact, he might have gotten his little narrow ass kicked. But anyway, great hoax! Maybe John Hughes will take notice of all the interest in a PIP sequel and make one. Then again, maybe not...
Steff has gone through a downward spiral and has died on the streets from what the police report say was a pretty heavy overdose. Blaine and Andie, who have been together on and off for years, with a daughter, get a letter post-mortem from Steff, explaining how many regrets he had in his life, begining with Andie, but the letter wasn't finished.
Andie goes on a quest to find out what happened, but BLaine isn't interested and sabotages her. There's only one thing left to do, find the help of Duckie, who by now is a very succesful musician/producer and is still hopelessly in love with Andie, with his contacts and her new-found detective skills they find the truth...
Blaine became a drug dealer right after high-school, when his family had secret financial problems, to mantain their status. He supplied drugs to Steff up to a few months ago. When he stopped, Steff threatened him to expose him to Andie, their daughter and society, and Blaine couldn't let that happen so....Blaine killed Steff! (muahahahahahaha)
So there you are, two birds with one stone, now Andie can move on, with Duckie, whom she should have been from the beggining, realizing she's always been in love with him also, happy happy joy joy!
Ah! wishful thinking never hurt noone, ey?
Even though the rumour sequel was a hoax, I think a sequel is a great idea. Just about everyone I knew (back when I was 16) thought Andie should have ended up with Duckie. We all felt cheated with the cheesy ending for Duckie and robbed that Andie ended up with souless Blane.
The movie would be a great financial success and the story always felt unfinished to me. The only sad point for me would be see what these actors look like today (together). It would only remind me of how old I have gotten.