Ringwald may relight ‘Candles’

Could it be time to put more candles on the cake?

Molly Ringwald said she’s in discussions to make a sequel to “Sixteen Candles,” the 1984 movie about the obstacles and embarrassments a teen faces on her birthday.

The John Hughes film shot Ringwald to teen stardom, but she has not appeared in a major role in many years. She said she’s been appearing in theater, small TV and film parts and raising a daughter, now 1 1/2 .

Ringwald, 37, said she had been approached repeatedly about doing a sequel but recently read a script that she liked and wanted to star in the movie.

“I’ve turned it down for years. I couldn’t see how it would work,” she said Saturday at the MTV Movie Awards. “Now, it seems right.”