There's cause for Goonies fans to celebrate this week, as it looks like that long-mooted sequel could soon become a reality.
Speaking to Sci-Fi Wire, writer Chris Columbus said that Joe Pantoliano - who played one of the dastardly Fratellis in the original - has been discussing the project with director Richard Donner.
"[Pantaliano] said that Richard Donner talked to him about six months ago about the sequel" the website reports. "I think the only way it could be done is if the kids are now the parents, and their kids have become the Goonies. I still think the two brothers are still alive and well, so they could still be in the movie. So it's a matter of whether or not they could re-create that concept."
However, Columbus added that he worried the popularity of the internet and videogames would mean they'd have to think carefully about the concept of an outdoors adventure.
"I don't know if that's possible anymore" he explained. "Maybe if all the parents in the new Goonie movie forbid their kids to play on the internet, that's got to be the plot. You can't go anywhere near a computer or cell phone."
Maybe we will have news of a Goonies reunion in 18 month's time. Touchwood?
http://scifiwire.com/2009/06/why-the...l-hope-for.php