John Hughes

Birth Name:

John Wilden Hughes

Birth Place:

Lansing, Michigan, United States

Profession

Writer, Producer, Director, Actor, Soundtrack, Music department

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Will Uncle Buck Be the Next Series to Be Scrapped in Development?

ABC's Uncle Buck adaptation was only announced a few days ago, and it's already in danger of getting scrapped. The families of the late John Hughes, who directed the original 1989 film, and late star John Candy, who played the titular character, have both expressed disapproval with the television adaptation in a statement released to Deadline.

Fri, Oct 10, 2014

Will Uncle Buck Be the Next Series to Be Scrapped in Development?

VIDEO: Watch Matthew Broderick's Bueller-Nostalgic Super Bowl Ad Early!

The big game is still six days away, and some of the Super Bowl's advertisers are already flaunting their pricey commercials early online. As first teased last week, Matthew Broderick will reprise his iconic role as Ferris Bueller (kind of) to hype the Honda CR-V. In the clip, Broderick plays hooky from an acting gig by faking sick and riding around town in the SUV. The ad is full of nods to the...

Tue, Jan 31, 2012

VIDEO: Watch Matthew Broderick's Bueller-Nostalgic Super Bowl Ad Early!

Glee's Chris Colfer Makes Leap to Big Screen for Lightning

Chris Colfer is about to get struck By lightning, in a good way. The Emmy-nominated Glee star is set to make his feature film debut in the coming-of-age comedy Struck by Lightning, Variety reports. Catch up on today's latest news Colfer, 20, wrote the script for and will star in the film, which will be shot during Glee's hiatus next summer. Youth in Revolt's David Permut, who is currently looking for a director for the project, said the script is reminiscent of...

Tue, Dec 7, 2010

Glee's Chris Colfer Makes Leap to Big Screen for Lightning

11 Top Oscar Moments: Big Night for Bigelow as Na'vi KO'd

One of the most predictable Academy Awards in years took a film-worthy twist as Kathryn Bigelow and The Hurt Locker beat out the closest thing the movies have to a Goliath — a film that just happened to be made by Bigelow's ex-husband. In doing so, Bigelow became the first woman ever to be named best director. But even some of the night's most foreseeable elements were pleasantly unsurprising: hosts Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin were as cutting as you would expect, and sometimes the overwhelming favorites are the overwhelming favorites for a reason. Welcome to our Top Moments: Oscars Edition. See all the Oscar red carpet arrivals 11. Best Interplay: Co-hosts Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin display an easy rapport in their opening routine as they deliver ...

Mon, Mar 8, 2010

11 Top Oscar Moments: Big Night for Bigelow as Na'vi KO'd

Director John Hughes Dies of Heart Attack at 59

John Hughes, the director of classic 1980s comedies such as The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Sixteen Candles, has died. He was 59.The director suffered a heart attack Thursday while taking a morning walk in New York City, where he was visiting family, a spokeswoman for Hughes told TVGuide.comBorn on February 18th, 1950 in Michigan, Hughes began his career as an advertising copywriter in Chicago. He got his start in comedy writing by selling jokes to Rodney Dangerfield and Joan Rivers. He later submitted a story about a family vacation from his childhood to National Lampoon magazine, which became the basis for National Lampoon's Vacation.He made his directorial debut in 1984 with Sixteen Candles, which starred Molly Ringwald as Samantha Baker, a young woman whose 16th birthday goes horribly wrong."I was stunned and incredibly sad...

Thu, Aug 6, 2009