Rob Lowe, 60, reveals St. Elmo’s Fire sequel is in ‘early stages’ 39 years after ‘Brat Pack’ film hit theaters
Rob Lowe has revealed that he is developing a sequel to his 1985 film St. Elmo’s Fire with Columbia Pictures, following the success of his co-star Andrew McCarthy’s Brats documentary.
“The studio and I talked about it for about four months,” the 60-year-old Emmy nominee said. AND on Monday.
“Brats has only added to the excitement around it. But it’s still very, very, very, very, very early, so we’ll see.”
Mare Winningham, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Demi Moore and Emilio Estevez also starred in Joel Schumacher’s judged gloomy drama about seven Georgetown University graduates, which grossed $37.8 million on a $10 million budget at the worldwide box office.
Rob, who is known for his saxophone lip-synching, beat out Robert Downey Jr. for the role of womanizer Billy “The Kid” Hicks by arriving at his audition with a crate of Heineken.
Rob Lowe (TR) revealed that he is developing a sequel to his 1985 film St. Elmo’s Fire with Columbia Pictures, following the success of his co-star Andrew McCarthy’s (BR) Brats documentary
The 60-year-old Emmy nominee told ET on Monday, “The studio and I have been talking about it for four months. Brats has just added to the excitement around it. But it’s still very, very, very, very, very early, so we’ll see.” (Photo: July 11)
It’s unclear how Lowe views his character 40 years later, after he considers divorcing his child’s mother (Jenny Wright) at the end of the film.
The song St. Elmo’s Fire (Man in Motion) was number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for two weeks in 1985, and Love Theme from St. Elmo’s Fire (the instrumental theme) reached number 15.
On June 28, Demi Posted a tribute to her cocaine-snorting, party-animal character Jules Van Patten in honor of the 39th anniversary of St. Elmo’s Fire, and she referenced Charli XCX’s new album Brat: “Jules would have loved Brat Girl Summer!”
On June 7, Moore reunited with her former co-stars Ally and Andrew at the premiere of his film at the Tribeca Film Festival. critically acclaimed Hulu documentary about the cast of ‘the brat pack’, who quickly 244 million minutes watched collected.
In it, the 61-year-old Emmy nominee said that director Joel Schumacher really “stuck his neck out for me” and made sure she stayed sober on set so he didn’t have to. recast her with Madonna.
“They might as well have found someone else,” Demi told McCarthy.
“Because it’s not like I had a box office hit. You know, we were all just starting out. I didn’t have anything that really justified him staying with me.”
Fans can see more of the Virginia-born, Malibu-raised silver fox in the production and reprise of his role as Dragon CEO Ellis Dragon, opposite his real-life son John Owen Lowe, in the second season of Unstable, premiering this Thursday on Netflix.
Rob will also executive produce and reprise his role as Austin firefighter Owen Strand in the fifth season of 9-1-1: Lone Star, premiering September 23 on Fox.
And in May, Fox renewed Lowe’s trivia game show The Floor for second and third seasons.
Mare Winningham, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Demi Moore and Emilio Estevez also starred in Joel Schumacher’s poorly received drama about seven Georgetown University graduates, which grossed $37.8 million on a $10 million budget at the worldwide box office.
Rob – who rose to fame playing the saxophone – beat out Robert Downey Jr. for the role of womanizer Billy ‘The Kid’ Hicks by arriving at his audition with a six-pack of Heineken
It’s unclear how Lowe views his character 40 years later, after he considers divorcing his child’s mother (Jenny Wright) at the end of the film.
On June 28, Demi posted a tribute to her cocaine-snorting, party-animal character Jules Van Patten in honor of the 39th anniversary of St. Elmo’s Fire, referencing Charli XCX’s new album Brat: “Jules would have loved Brat Girl Summer!”
On June 7, Moore reunited with her former co-stars Ally (left) and Andrew (center) for the Tribeca Film Festival premiere of his critically acclaimed Hulu documentary about the cast of “the brat pack,” which has quickly amassed 244 million minutes of viewing.
In it, the 61-year-old Emmy nominee said that director Joel Schumacher really “stuck his neck out for me” and made sure she stayed sober on set so he wouldn’t have to recast her with Madonna.
Demi told McCarthy, “They could have easily found someone else. Because it’s not like I had a box office hit. You know, we were all just starting out. I didn’t have anything that really warranted him staying with me.”