EXCLUSIVE: Network Entertainment has optioned Andrew McCarthy’s bestselling memoir Brat: An ’80s Story and will produce a documentary adaptation, the company announced on Monday.McCarthy, who rose to fame in the ’80s with roles in such classics as St.
Elmo’s Fire, Pretty in Pink, and Weekend at Bernie’s, has long pondered what it has meant to him to be an integral member of the iconic group of movie stars known as the Brat Pack.
Writing the book, released earlier this year, answered many questions that he’s wrestled with throughout his life. But it also brought up more.
Was being identified as a Brat Packer the worst thing that ever happened to him, or was it actually the best?Brat will follow McCarthy across the country as he goes directly
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