Discovered John Hughes Script Being Optioned for Film

John Hughes, the famed writer-director best known for his teen comedies of the 1980s, received an Oscar ceremony tribute this past Sunday after his death last August, but the filmmaker may still have some work that may yet be released in the future, says The Hollywood Reporter.

After Hughes passed away last year at the age of 59 due to a heart attack, his family reportedly discovered several reams of unproduced and unpublished scripts. One of these scripts, titled Grisbys Go Broke, may be getting optioned around at Paramount Pictures to actually be made into a film.

Many of Hughes' most famous movies were produced for the studio, including Pretty In Pink, Ferris Bueller's Day off, and Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. His last project, Drillbit Taylor, was also put out by Paramount, though his story credit was under the pseudonym "Edmond Dantes," and the script was given a rewrite by Seth Rogen and Kristofor Brown.

Despite that film's lackluster performance, Paramount still apparently hopes to produce the newly discovered script. Grisbys Go Broke follows a wealthy Chicago family who loses everything and has to move to the sticks. Alice in Wonderland's Joe Roth is being pursued to produce the film.