First reported by the newsletter The InSneider and confirmed by The Hollywood Reporter, the studio has set David Katzenberg to direct Sam and Victor’s Day Off. Like Ferris Bueller, the upcoming spinoff will take place over a single day, following the two titular valets who borrow the Ferrari belonging to Cameron Frye’s (Alan Ruck) father in John Hughes’ original 1986 film. Katzenberg is best known for serving as a director and executive producer on the ’80s-set television series, The Goldbergs, and producing Warner Bros.’ Stephen King adaptation, It (2017).RELATED

Sam and Victor’s Day Off was initially reported in 2022, with Cobra Kai creators Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg, and Josh Heald attached as producers. “The three of us are suckers for side characters in general and love to see what’s going on in their worlds, so that’s going to be a fun one when we get to it,” Hurwitz said when the project was first announced.

While plot details remain scarce beyond the initial premise, Sam and Victor’s Day Off will seemingly flesh out the lives of the titular valets, who went unnamed in the original film and were portrayed by Richard Edson and Larry “Flash” Jenkins. As for fans worried that the spinoff will ruin Ferris Bueller, Hurwitz promised that Sam and Victor’s Day Off “isn’t looking to touch or mess with Ferris Bueller’s Day Off in any way.”

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Written and directed by Hughes, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off follows the title character, played by Matthew Broderick, who ditches school with pal Cameron and girlfriend Sloane (Mia Sara) in the hopes of having a day of adventure in Chicago. The movie was a critical and commercial success, grossing $70 million during its theatrical run. Sam and Victor’s Day Off will be the second expansion of the franchise after the short-lived 1990s television series, Ferris Bueller, which saw Charlie Schlatter as the title character and notably featured a pre-Friends Jennifer Aniston as his sister, Jeanie.