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"Sixteen Candles," 16 Years Later
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By Sarah Hall

Sixteen Candles has been granted a birthday wish--a sequel.

Pull out the yearbooks, throw on the varsity letter jackets--it's high school reunion time for the gang from the 1984 John Hughes comedy.

32 Candles will update the lives of Sam Baker, Farmer Ted, Long Duk Dong and the rest of the gang.

"Our goal is to pay homage to as many of the original characters as possible," David A. Newman, one of the writers chosen to pen the update, tells Variety. "Who wouldn't want to write this?"

The original film was based around Samantha Baker's (Molly Ringwald) 16th birthday, a day that went unobserved by her family. The made-for-television special will pick up the story around Sam's 32nd birthday.

Keith Merryman, the other writer on the project, called Sixteen Candles "a film that anyone who's Gen X on down has seen a hundred times. It's like a comfort film."

So far, no word on whether the original cast will be approached for the sequel. Ringwald's manager had no comment on the project.

The special lies in the hands of USA Network. Anthony Michael Hall, Sam's nerdy admirer, Ted, in the first flick, has current ties with the network--he stars in their series The Dead Zone.

I'm not sure I want a sequel of this movie (which I absolutely adore 16 Candles since it came out when I was in school but slightly older than 16). But if they are going to do it they at least need Molly Ringwald to make this work (it seems they have Farmer Ted since Anthony Michael Hall is spearheading this project).

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