The Brat Pack – a group of young actors who rose to stardom in the 1980s – is a getting a Hulu documentary. Brat Pack member Andrew McCarthy writes and directs Brats, a feature-length documentary revisiting the origins of the famous group and their cultural impact 30 years later. Brats is now in post-production and will be released on Hulu later this year.
The term “Brat Pack” was coined by writer David Blum in a 1985 New York Magazine cover story. The Brat Pack consisted of McCarthy, Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, Ally Sheedy, Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson, Anthony Michael Hall, and Molly Ringwald. Many of these actors appeared in several iconic coming-of-age films from the 1980s, including Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, and St. Elmo’s Fire.
In Brats, McCarthy travels around the country to interview several key members of the Brat Pack, including Lowe, Moore, Sheedy, and Estevez. McCarthy also speaks to several directors and production members of the time, along with actors linked to the Brat Pack, including Lea Thompson, Timothy Hutton, and Jon Cryer.
“The Brat Pack has cast a long shadow over my life and career,” McCarthy said in a statement (via Deadline). “After all these years, I was curious to see how it had affected my fellow Brat Pack members. What I found was surprising — and liberating.”
Who is Involved in Brats?
Brats is produced by Neon and Network Entertainment for ABC News Studios. Adrian Buitenhuis and Derik Murray are producers. Executive producers include McCarthy, Brian Liebman, Neon’s Dan O’Meara and Tom Quinn, Network Entertainment’s Brian Gersh, Paul Gertz and Kent Wingerak, and ABC News’ Victoria Thompson. David Sloan is listed as a senior executive producer.
