Anthony Michael Hall said John Hughes teased a sequel to The Breakfast Club in their last conversation together. "It was something that was on his mind - the idea of bringing back The Breakfast Club. In April 2025, Ringwald said she is against a remake of The Breakfast Club. "I'd like to see movies that are inspired by The Breakfast Club, but take it in a different direction." She told People: "Well, they can’t be [remade] because they can’t be made without the permission of [the late] John Hughes, and he didn’t want the films to be remade.