The ‘Goonies’ Sequel Isn’t Happening and There’s No Script

Followers of basic ’80s film The Goonies ought to put together for some main disappointment.

Rumors had advised a long-awaited sequel to the journey comedy movie was in improvement and {that a} script had even been written. Stories claimed the Goonies sequel would begin taking pictures in 2025, with the film arriving in theaters in 2026 or 2027, Deadline reported.

Now, OG forged members Corey Feldman and Martha Plimpton have destroyed fan hopes by denying rumors of an imminent Goonies reunion in respective social media posts.

On Tuesday, September 10, Feldman took to X to advertise his 2004 film The Birthday, which is lastly getting a theatrical launch in the US in 2024, and tackle rumors of a Goonies sequel.

“2’SDAY, IS #GOONIES2 REAL?!” he wrote on the social media platform. “EVERY1 IS ASKING…I CAN OFFICIALLY TELL U 100% NO! I HAV NO INFO THAT A SEQUEL IS IN THE WORX.”

Plimpton shared her personal rebuttal, writing on Instagram, “Individuals, there is no such thing as a Goonies 2 script, there is no such thing as a one ‘hooked up,’ Spielberg shouldn’t be directing, it’s not actual.”

Feldman and Plimpton’s denials are positive to be a letdown for followers hoping {that a} sequel to the 1985 movie was really on the best way.

In 2020, the forged and crew liable for The Goonies reunited for a digital fundraiser, which included scene reenactments and behind-the-scenes anecdotes.

Through the digital occasion, Steven Spielberg, who wrote the story on which The Goonies is predicated, revealed he’d been concerned in a number of discussions about making a sequel.

“Each couple of years we give you an thought however then it doesn’t maintain water,” he defined, through Deadline. Instead of an precise sequel, Spielberg advised “individuals are simply going to have to take a look at this [livestream] 100 instances!”

Richard Donner, who directed The Goonies, joked that it might be tough to reboot the film with out the unique forged. “How are you going to seek out seven depressing children like this once more which can be new and contemporary?” he requested.

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Feldman beforehand expressed his need to return for a sequel to The Goonies throughout an unique interview with Us Weekly in October 2019.

“I might like to work with Spielberg once more,” Feldman mentioned. “I might like to work with Donner once more and Sean [Astin] and the fellows. We’re like an enormous household.”

Feldman continued, “All of us need that to occur greater than anyone. However that mentioned, it could actually’t occur except it’s proper. And it’s obtained to be proper within the minds and the hearts of the individuals who created it.”