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TALKIES: The Goonies 2? Say it ain’t so!

by Zack Lee | Filed Under TALKIES 

I’ve always wondered why a sequel to The Goonies never came into fruition. And of course if there were to be a sequel I would’ve liked it to be shortly after the release of the first one. Now with the rumor mills turning about Warner Bros. putting together a sequel NOW, I’m not too sold on the idea. For one, watching the original cast, who’re all adults now, in a sequel wouldn’t be too exciting. The Goonies is for kids. Secondly, the idea of a sequel with an entirely new cast (say, the children of the original cast) isn’t as bad as the first idea. The thing wrong about the second idea is that because of our fondness of the original, I’m not too confident in Warner Bros.’ ability to make a film entertaining enough for us to forget the original Goonies. But enough of me blabbing, here’s an excerpt from Moviehole.com:

I’ve a big-time scoop for all you loyal “Caffeinated Clint” fans (the rest of you, probably over at Hollywood Elsewhere, won’t be able to hear it – so ‘nerrrrr’!) today.

A very, very, very good source – if I revealed his name, you’d know straight away this was a solid bit of news – informed me a few days ago that “the sequel Corey Feldman has been telling media will never happen”, one “Goonies 2”, is indeed… happening. (And I don’t blame the Felddog for assuming it’s never going to happen either - this one’s been rumoured longer than the talking fridge).

Now I don’t know when it’s going to happen, because it has been on the drawing boards for a good decade now (”Star Trek” and “Transformers” scribe Robert Orci told me today that he was involved in a draft in about 1998), but it does seem to be inching forward.

So what have I been told? well, Warner Bros are finally going to give it the respect it deserves – this will be a large-scale theatrical release.. a tentpole. It will not be a direct-to-video release.

(A source at Warner Bros has since confirmed this - saying they are developing it as a major movie, but won’t share anything other than that. Nothing we didn’t already know though)

We’ve been told that there are writers on the project - and they’re being paid rather nicely for their services too – so it’s doubtful the script will be used as merely a place mat to hold Alan Horn’s sandwich. But god I hope they don’t fuck this bitch up - “The Goonies” is one childhood memory I don’t want butt-assaulted.

Read the rest about the Goonies 2 HERE!



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