A Ferris Bueller's Day Off spinoff film about some surprising characters is in development. Written and directed by John Hughes, Ferris Bueller's Day Off starred Matthew Broderick as a high school student who fakes being sick in order to have an adventurous day off with his best friend and girlfriend. Released in 1986, the film also starred Alan Ruck, Mia Sara, Jennifer Grey, Jeffrey Jones, and Charlie Sheen.

The film is regarded as a comedy classic, like many of Hughes' films of that era, from Sixteen Candles to The Breakfast Club to Planes, Trains & Automobiles. In an effort to find transportation for their day off, Bueller "borrows" his best friend's father's vintage Ferrari, which they take into the city of Chicago, eventually taking the car to a parking garage. Bueller's best friend is hesitant to leave it there for fear of something happening to it but relents, leaving the car with two parking garage attendants, played by Richard Edson and Larry Flash Jenkins. Once Bueller and his friends have left, the attendants are seen driving off in the car and speeding throughout the city, eventually returning the vehicle seemingly without incident (but with a lot of miles put on the odometer).

Per Deadline, a Ferris Bueller's Day Off spinoff film is now in the works that will focus on what happened once the attendants took the car. Titled Sam and Victor's Day Off, the spinoff "will follow the same-day adventure of the titular valets who took the Ferrari on a joy ride." The film comes from Cobra Kai creators Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg, and Josh Heald, who will produce the feature, with Bill Posley (Bitch Ass) set to write. No director has been announced as of yet.


Hughes died in 2009, leaving behind a legacy of teen and family comedies that have left an indelible mark on Hollywood, but he only worked on sequels for Home Alone and the Vacation films. The late writer apparently had an idea for a Ferris Bueller sequel, but it never made it to script form. A Ferris Bueller sitcom starring Charlie Schlatter and Jennifer Aniston was released in 1990, but was canceled after one season. Broderick did an homage to the role in a 2012 Superbowl commercial for Honda that had him playing himself, taking a "sick day" just as his character did in the original film.

Hurwitz, Scholssberg, and Heald have had great success in taking a nostalgic property and spinning it off into a global phenomenon with Cobra Kai, so there's some good faith in them tackling something as beloved as Ferris Bueller's Day Off. While it's still possible to do a follow-up sequel to Ferris Bueller's Day Off with the original cast, the prospect seems unlikely, so spinning off other characters from the original film may well be the best way forward. Fans may be torn between whether such a spinoff should even happen or not, but utilizing side characters to build out the story is a more creative way to enhance the IP without disrupting the legacy of the main film. If nothing else, Sam and Victor's Day Off could just be a fun addition to the comedy classic.