Nearly 30 years after The Goonies made a mark on the childhood of millions for decades after its release, a sequel seems like it might just be on the way, according to the director of the original film, Richard Donner. Of course, given the immense popularity and longevity of The Goonies, a sequel has been a possibility for some time, but only now, with interest expressed from the original cast, like Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, and Corey Feldman, does a Goonies 2 seem more likely.
In addition to casting, none other than Steven Spielberg, also according to Donner, came up with the sequel?s story. Spielberg wrote the story for the original film, and his participation might therefore be reassuring to Goonies purists. Goonies 2 would take appropriately take place 30 years after the events of the first film and would feature the children of Mikey, Brand, and the rest of the gang.
Let?s hope The Goonies 2 sequel gets made the right way and doesn?t relegate the name to being just a long-forgotten video game title.
I’ve seen the Goonies about a hundred times and if it came on today I would still watch it.
Unfortunately, in my opinion, Hollywood hasn’t had a decent “original” thought in years. How many Godzilla remakes are they going to do? Every comic book, 30 Batman movies…I generally will not give that industry or the theaters my money. It wouldn’t surprise me to see a total train wreck with this one. However, I think most would agree that S.S. is a great director, so I guess it could go either way.
I watched it with my 4 year old daughter a couple weeks ago and told her all about how I loved that movie when i was a kid. She looked at me several times during the movie and asked me what was so good about it… I guess times sure have changed a whole lot since then.
I hope they don’t screw it up, but I’ll wait on it to come out on DVD.
