St. Elmo’s Fire sequel in the works, Rob Lowe says
Rob Lowe confirms a St. Elmo’s Fire sequel is finally moving, and while revisiting his infamous Oscars moment, he offers the next-step update fans want.
On Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live, Rob Lowe said a long-discussed follow-up to St. Elmo’s Fire now has an actual script on the way and interest from the original cast to come back. Lowe told Andy Cohen the team expects to see a draft in the first week of October.
“It is definitely in the works, for sure.”
His update marks a shift from July, when he told Entertainment Tonight he’d only recently met with the studio and that talks were still early. Earlier this year, Demi Moore also said discussions were happening with Sony and that landing the right writer was the key. Variety, however, reports there’s still no production start or release date.
Who’s in that original circle?
- Rob Lowe — Billy Hicks
- Demi Moore — Jules Van Patten
- Emilio Estevez — Kirby Keager
- Andrew McCarthy — Kevin Dolenz
- Judd Nelson — Alec Newbury
- Ally Sheedy — Leslie Hunter
- Mare Winningham — Wendy Beamish
The 1985 Joel Schumacher film followed seven Georgetown grads trying to figure out adulthood, and its Brat Pack lineup became a defining snapshot of the era. Lowe indicated on Watch What Happens Live that the “original actors ” are interested in returning.
The Oscars memory he can’t shake
While making the sequel rounds, Lowe also revisited his notorious 1989 Oscars opening during an appearance on SiriusXM’s Andy Cohen Live. He joked that when Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the 2022 ceremony, he briefly thought his own moment might get bumped from the all-time-disaster list — and that he still hears about it whenever past Oscar trainwrecks resurface.
“I was the only person happy.”
Lowe’s opener paired him with Eileen Bowman as Snow White in a “Proud Mary” number that’s since lived in Academy lore. He said Lucille Ball complimented his singing at the time, and John Fogerty — who wrote “Proud Mary” — later forgave him; Entertainment Weekly has periodically revisited the segment’s place in Oscars history.
What’s next
Lowe says a script draft for the St. Elmo’s Fire sequel is due in the first week of October, and he expects the original crew to weigh in once it arrives. Variety notes there’s no production start or release date yet.