Earlier this week, a rumor went around alleging Warner Bros. was looking to start up a new Goonies movie. It sounded slightly official thanks to claiming the original cast was set to return, Steven Spielberg (creator of the first film’s story) would direct, and that this would-be film was set for release sometime in 2026 or 2027. Things were further exacerbated by Sean Astin—or rather, whoever runs his social media—seemingly putting his support behind it. But it’s not to be, as fellow original stars Corey Feldman and Martha Plimpton shot that rumor down hard. Feldman said he had “no info” of any sequel in the works, while Plimpton was more direct in her words.
“There’s no Goonies 2 script, there’s no one attached. Spielberg is not directing, it’s not real,” she said on Instagram. What IS real is CHECK YOUR REGISTRATION AND VOTE!!!”
Much like with Beetlejuice 2, there’ve been plenty of rumors and hopes over the years of a new Goonies movie coming to fruition. After the cast reunited for a virtual COVID-19 fundraiser in 2020, Spieberg admitted he’s talked over potential sequel ideas with co-writer Chris Columbus, the late director Richard Donner, and producer Lauren Shuler Donner, but they never settled on anything concrete. Funnily enough, there’s a show about the Goonies movie in the works called Our Time, but as far as an actual continuation, it seems those dreams will have to stay dreams.
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Imagine a goonies sequel with the same actors but it’s only a 4 year time gap between the first and second movie.
Ahhhh The Dream.
Goonies II already came out in 87 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Goonies_II
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I saw this on Mastodon. The shit rag The Sun ran a half page story claiming it was happening with the details mentioned. Their information came from an anonymous source. I usually translate that to “we made it up”.
So I saw a Bruce Campbell movie that was based on both Evil Dead and the Cthulhu mythos where Bruce Campbell, as himself, was really some prophesized hero against Cthulhu.
I’m thinking that same idea can be turned into a Goonies movie where the cast is just a bunch of middle-aged people who are super fans of Goonies to the point where they basically are parodies of the characters in the original, looking for a rumored unfinished copy of a sequel that never happened.
Put Bruce Campbell in it and bam! Instant classic.
I’m thinking that same idea can be turned into a Goonies movie where the cast is just a bunch of middle-aged people who are super fans of Goonies to the point where they basically are parodies of the characters in the original, looking for a rumored unfinished copy of a sequel that never happened.
My Name is Chunk.
Put Bruce Campbell in it and bam! Instant classic.
I feel this is just good general advice.
So Long, Astoria.For anyone who actually wants a sequel for some reason, Konami made a NES game that’s pretty solid.
