Whether it’s the socially diverse teens of The Breakfast Club or the resourcefulness of a preteen in Home Alone, the enduring appeal of writer/director John Hughes has always been linked to his ability to authentically portray youth. Audiences old and new could easily relate to Hughes’ stories, ranging from cutting school for a day to the need to escape their parents’ wrath. His extraordinary understanding of how young people speak, think, and feel once made him the perfect choice to bring Charlie Brown and the Peanutsgang to the big screen in live-action form.