John Hughes Classics ‘The Breakfast Club’ & ‘Sixteen Candles’ Get the Funko Pop Treatment [Exclusive]

Two classics John Hughes The teen comedies from the ’80s are turning 40, and to celebrate the occasion, Funko is releasing new assortments of the popular Pop! Collectibles. To celebrate the new release, Funko has teamed up with Collider to give you an exclusive first look at the characters from 1984 Sixteen candles And 1985 Breakfast Club Which will be available next year, and can be pre-ordered now.

Funko’s I Love 80’s line You will start with POP! Personalities of the main characters from the two films. the Sixteen candles The lineup will include Samantha Baker (Molly Ringwald(And beloved Jake Ryan)Michael Schoeffling). Breakfast Club The line will feature Funkos figures of a mind, an athlete, a basket case, a princess and a criminal… that is, Brian Johnson (Anthony Michael Hall), Andrew Clark (Emilio Estevez), Alison Reynolds (Ali Shidi), Claire Standish (Ringwald again), and John Bender (Jude Nelson). They will all be released next year, and can be pre-ordered now at Funko.com.

What is “The Breakfast Club” and “Sixteen Candles” about?

1985 Breakfast Club The film follows five mismatched high school students—obsessive Brian, jock Andrew, lonely Allison, popular Claire, and burnout Bender—who are brought together for an all-day Saturday detention session by disciplinary vice principal Richard Vernon (Paul Gleason). Over the course of the day, the five get to know each other, challenging the stereotypes society has forced upon them—and, ultimately, challenging the tyrannical Vernon as well.

1984 Sixteen candlesMeanwhile, Ringwald plays Sam, a teenage girl whose 16th birthday is completely overshadowed by her older sister’s wedding. The film follows her pursuit of romance with classmate Jake, as she tries to navigate her chaotic home life and the unwanted attentions of eccentric farmer Ted (played by Ringwald). Breakfast Club Co-star Hall). The two films launched Hughes’s directing career and are considered iconic films of the 1980s and the origins of the so-called “Brat Pack” cast.

Hughes, who died in 2009, was the undisputed king of teen movies in the 1980s. In addition to the two mentioned above, he also wrote and directed Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and Weird scienceAnd he wrote Beautiful in pink and Kind of cool. Escaping the “teen movie” stigma, he later branched out into more adult comedies, e.g Planes, trains and cars, Uncle Buckand Only the only ones.

the Sixteen candles and Breakfast Club Funko Pops It can be pre-ordered now. Stay tuned to Collider for future updates, and don’t forget.