Earlier this month Richard Donner broke the news that the long-gestating sequel to the 1980s classic The Goonies could finally be moving forward, and now the director has offered a brief update on the movie, confirming Steven Spielberg’s involvement, and revealing that it was Spielberg who came up with the story for the follow-up.
“Hopefully we’re going to get this done,” Donner told TMZ. “Steven came up with the idea of doing a sequel after 30 years. You don’t do it without him. We’ve been trying for a while, but then he came up with another storyline and he’s right on.”
Asked about the possibility of the original cast returning, Donner replied: “God knows. It’s up to them. If they have any sense they will, and if they don’t they won’t.”
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Originally published April 22, 2014. Updated April 12, 2018.
