A new ‘The Goonies’ movie is reportedly in the works at Warner Bros.
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According to Deadline, the studio is looking to shift its strategy to proven franchises, and so have put a sequel to the late Richard Donner’s 1985 adventure film into development.
The follow-up flick will bring back ‘The Goonies’ co-scribe Chris Columbus – who wrote the original film with Steven Spielberg – to pen the story of the upcoming movie.
As well as a second ‘Goonies’ picture, Columbus is also set to be writing the script for a new ‘Gremlins’ movie after he penned the treatment for the original 1984 film.
While no details about a potential release date or cast are known, it is possible ‘The Goonies’ sequel will see the return of actors Josh Brolin, Ke Huy Quan, Sean Austin, Corey Feldman, Jeff Cohen, Martha Plimpton and Kerri Green as the grown-up group of adventurous kids from the first movie.
‘The Goonies’ follows a group of children who uncover a treasure map of a long-lost pirate, setting them on a quest to find riches while doing all they can to avoid a ruthless crime family.
Talks of a sequel have been going on for years, though Spielberg said in 2020 that a follow-up was unlikely because he, Columbus, Donner and his producer wife Lauren Shuler Donner couldn’t find the right story for a second film.
During a ‘Goonies’ livestream to celebrate the flick’s 35th anniversary, the ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ filmmaker said: “Chris, Dick and I — and Lauren — have had a lot of conversations about it.
“Every couple of years we come up with an idea but then it doesn’t hold water.”
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