As seen via IMDb, "Sixteen Candles" was about a girl's not-so-sweet 16th birthday. Ringwald played said girl, Samantha "Sam" Baker, and Anthony Michael Hall played Ted Farmer, aka Farmer Ted. Joan and John Cusack both also appeared in the film, along with stars such as Brian Doyle-Murray and Jami Gertz.
In 2003, Entertainment Weekly reported that a sequel was in the works. However, five years later, Ringwald said in an AOL Television interview (via Digital Spy), "It was something that I definitely wanted to do, but John Hughes wasn't interested, and I didn't feel comfortable doing it without his involvement." And, in 2009, as reported by the Los Angeles Times, Hughes died.
Fast-forward to the present day, and, on March 21, 2022, Deadline shared the news of Selena Gomez's new show for Peacock, which will be inspired by "Sixteen Candles," a classic that is still loved to this day.
