'Brat Pack' gang to reunite for Andrew McCarthy's Hulu doc

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The ’80s-era “Brat Packers” are reuniting for a new Hulu documentary called, appropriately enough, “Brats.”

Andrew McCarthy, Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, Jon Cryer, Ally Sheedy and Emilio Estevez, among others, will all be featured in the new project.

It will be “a revealing look at the cultural phenomenon they became in the 1980s and how that has impacted their lives ever since,” according to Deadline.

The documentary will premiere later this year and will be written and directed by McCarthy, whose 2021 memoir was titled “Brat: An ’80s Story.”

Together with Lowe, Moore, Estevez et al., McCarthy co-starred in the big-screen ’80s hits “St. Elmo’s Fire” (1985), “Pretty in Pink” (1986) and “Less Than Zero” (1987) with Oscar nominee Robert Downey Jr. (“Chaplin,” “Tropic Thunder”).

“McCarthy crisscrosses the country to meet up with some of the stars of those beloved films … and key members of production, including directors, casting directors, screenwriters and producers,” according to the documentary’s description provided by its producers, ABC News Studios and Neon.

“St. Elmo’s Fire” cast members (from left): Andrew McCarthy, Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson and Rob Lowe. ©Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection
“St. Elmo’s Fire” (from left): Ally Sheedy, Judd Nelson, Emilio Estevez, Demi Moore, Rob Lowe, Mare Winningham and Andrew McCarthy. ©Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection

“The film takes a provocative look at the iconic films of the 1980s that defined a generation and branded their young stars the ‘Brat Pack,’ profoundly impacting their professional and personal lives.”

“[McCarthy] also sits down for a first-time conversation with writer David Blum, who fatefully coined the term Brat Pack in a 1985 New York Magazine cover story.”

McCarthy will also interview Lea Thompson and Timothy Hutton, who were members of the Brat Pack.

McCarthy said in a statement that “the Brat Pack has cast a long shadow over my life and career. After all these years, I was curious to see how it had affected my fellow Brat Pack members.

Brat Packers Andrew McCarthy and Molly Ringwald in the 1986 movie “Pretty in Pink.” ©Paramount/Courtesy Everett Collection

“What I found was surprising — and liberating.”

The term “Brat Pack” was a play on “The Rat Pack,” Frank Sinatra’s swinging-’60s era gang of hipster entertainers that included Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, Dean Martin and comedian Joey Bishop, who electrified Las Vegas and made several movies, including the iconic “Ocean’s 11” (1960).

Since the 1980s, the ex-Brat Packers have remained a busy bunch in the entertainment world.

Lowe currently hosts the Fox game show “The Floor” and has been a regular television presence (“9-1-1: Lone Star,” “Unstable,” “The West Wing” and “Code Black,” to name a few).

Moore, who was married to Bruce Willis from 1987-2000, starred in “G.I. Jane,” “Ghost” and “Indecent Proposal,” among others.

Andrew McCarthy, shown here last March, will write and direct the Brat Pack documentary “Brats.” Getty Images

Cryer co-starred opposite Charlie Sheen in “Two and a Half Men” and now headlines the NBC sitcom “Extended Family” with Abigail Spencer and Donald Faison.

Thompson starred in “Back to the Future” and the Freeform series “Switched at Birth” and currently co-stars alongside Stacey Farber in the CTV series “The Spencer Sisters,” which airs in the US on The CW.

Estevez starred as Gordon Bombay in the Disney+ series “The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers.”

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