These 'Ferris Bueller' stars reunited for a new movie 40 years later

Edward Segarra, USA TODAYFri, March 13, 2026 at 5:30 PM UTC

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For Ferris Bueller and Cameron Frye, some things never change.

Alan Ruck, who played the best friend of Matthew Broderick's Bueller in the 1986 teen comedy "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," reunited with his former costar for the first time in 40 years for an upcoming film, an experience Ruck opened up about during a recent interview with People magazine.

"It felt like we hadn't stopped," Ruck told the magazine in the March 8 interview. "It didn't feel like 40 years had gone by. So, it was easy, you know."

The Brat Pack icons joined forces again on "The Best is Yet to Come," a dramedy starring Mary-Louise Parker, Sutton Foster and Michaela Watkins and helmed by "While You Were Sleeping" director Jon Turteltaub.

While details on Ruck and Broderick's characters are scant, the film centers on a pair of friends who embark on a "bucket-list road trip after a huge misunderstanding, rushing to repair family relationships and embrace life while they still can," according to the film's logline on IMDb.

"I think we made a pact to work together every 40 years," Ruck joked. "So, so far so good."

Alan Ruck, who starred with Matthew Broderick in the classic teen comedy "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," opened up about reuniting with his former costar on a new film.

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Released in June 1986, "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" follows high school slacker Ferris, along with pal Cameron and girlfriend Sloane (Mia Sara), on his fantastical day spent skipping school.

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In one of the film's most memorable scenes, Cameron impersonates Sloane's father on the phone to excuse her from school. Later, Ferris borrows Cameron's father's Ferrari to pick up Sloane and go on a fun-filled day trip through Chicago.

Mia Sara, from left, Matthew Broderick and Alan Ruck appear in a scene from "Ferris Bueller's Day Off."

The movie, written and directed by John Hughes, became a pop culture juggernaut, grossing $70.7 million worldwide and earning Broderick a Golden Globe nomination for best actor in a comedy or musical.

Along with other Hughes films of the era ("Sixteen Candles," "The Breakfast Club"), "Ferris Bueller" helped define coming-of-age cinema in the '80s with its frank portrayal of teen life. In 2014, the film was inducted into the Library of Congress' National Film Registry.

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The beloved movie also spawned a TV series spin-off in 1990, which starred Charlie Schlatter as Ferris and Brandon Douglas as Cameron.

A release date for "The Best is Yet to Come" has not been announced, but Ruck confirmed to People that the film is currently in post-production.

Contributing: Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY

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