Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ Spinoff Film 'Sam and Victor’s Day Off' From ‘Cobra Kai’ Creators In the Works at Paramount Pictures

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‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ Spinoff From ‘Cobra Kai’ Creators & Bill Posley In Works At Paramount Pictures

EXCLUSIVE: A spinoff of the 1986 John Hughes film Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is in the works at Paramount Pictures titled Sam and Victor’s Day Off from Cobra Kai creators Jon Hurwitz, Hay…

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A spinoff of the 1986 John Hughes film Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is in the works at Paramount Pictures titled Sam and Victor’s Day Off from Cobra Kai creators Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg, and Josh Heald. Bill Posley (bytch Ass) is set to write the film.

Sam and Victor’s Day Off will follow the same-day adventure of the titular valets who took the Ferrari on a joy ride in the Matthew Broderick-starrer.

In the original film, the valet attendants were not given official names. They were played by Richard Edson and Larry “Flash” Jenkins, who died in 2019.

Paul Young (Key & Peele) is producing through his company, Make Good Content; the company’s executive Devon Young will oversee the project. Stephen Cedars, Benji Kleiman, and Scott Yacyshyn will be associate producers.


Hurwitz, Schlossberg, and Heald are producing under their Counterbalance Entertainment banner with their head of development Dina Hillier serving as an executive producer.

The trio is the creators, executive producers, and showrunners of Netflix’s Emmy-nominated hit series, Cobra Kai, which reimagined The Karate Kid for a new audience.

Additionally, the production company is currently developing projects under their overall deal at Sony Pictures Television. This summer, they are writing, directing, and producing a new action-comedy series for Netflix called Obliterated.

They will also produce a feature film adaption of History Channel’s Ancient Aliens with Legendary, with Heald set to direct. Counterbalance also is partnering with Legendary to produce an adaption of Gearbox’s Duke Nukem into a feature film.

Heald, Hurwitz and Schlossberg are repped by CAA. Heald’s attorney is Howard Abramson of Behr Abramson Levy. Hurwitz and Schlossberg’s attorney is Adam Kaller of Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman, Warren, Richman, Rush, Kaller & Gellman, L.L.P.

Posley is a writer, director, producer, and actor who recently sold his first feature— which won the SXSW Audience Award— bytch Ass, a horror film inspired by classic slasher films like Candy Man.

Sam and Victor’s Day Off reunites Posley with Heald, Hurwitz, and Schlossberg following his turn as an Executive Story Editor for Season 4 of Cobra Kai.

He’s currently working as a Supervising Producer on Fox’s Welcome to Flatch. Additionally, Posley was a staff writer on Season 1 of CBS’ The Neighborhood.

He is repped by APA, Chamber 37 Entertainment, and Ginsburg, Daniels, and Kallis.

 

[Warren Peace]

Good idea. Was just watching this movie again and it made me feel old cuz the last time I saw it I was still in high school and I felt like ferris.

I say it's a good idea cuz i had a worst case scenario pop up when watching like "they're gonna ruin this with a sequel where Ferris and Sloane are divorced and he's 50k in debt, and cameron is a billionaire, and everything about his life sucks now", but this is way better.

a movie where it's about these two dudes would be hilarious tbh. Imagine they're recast as Oscar Isaac and John Boyega and they finally getting to do a role together that isn't shyt.

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

You fellas have nothing to worry about...

i'm a professional

 

[ℒℴѵℯJay ELECTUA]

This could be good!!
They will need to study John Hughes first!!!

 

[RhymesWell]

Just why

 

[Ethnic Vagina Finder]

What made the original a classic is because it was in the 80’s. It’s a one of one.

Trying to make another one would require capturing the 80’s. But seeing how that movie was actually made in the 80’s it’s impossible.

 

[ℒℴѵℯJay ELECTUA]

What made the original a classic is because it was in the 80’s. It’s a one of one.

Trying to make another one would require capturing the 80’s. But seeing how that movie was actually made in the 80’s it’s impossible.

or just recapture the essence of John Hughe's..
dialogue, camera shots/editing and obvioulsy 80's setting as possible..

 

[Ethnic Vagina Finder]

or just recapture the essence of John Hughe's..
dialogue, camera shots/editing and obvioulsy 80's setting as possible..

You can’t duplicate nostalgia with a movie like that.

The era is different. It’s not going to hit the same.

 

[humminbird]

paramount plus original film?

 

[FromStLouis]

I'll be optimistic and say one thing Hollywood does well these days is 80's nostalgia.

It's the new 1950's.

 

[KFBF]

Gross.

 

[High Art]

I'm glad it's not a re-make or a reboot.

Then again, the sheer fukkery of a sociopolitical remake/reboot would be wonderful.

 

[Billie Jean]

Damn, they might have found a loophole to remakes

This shyt ain't gone be feel good or clever but I'm WATCHING.

 

[ExodusNirvana]

No.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

I'm not seeing it. There's nothing compelling about those two characters at all.

That's different from Cobra Kai or Bel-Air where you had this entire backstory and alternative interpretation to work with that overlapped strongly with the original plot. It'll only be a good movie if they somehow manage to write an entirely original movie from scratch. There's nothing to work off of there except forced nostalgia.