For a while last year, it looked like the long-rumoured sequel to The Goonies was finally moving forward, with director Richard Donner revealing that many of the original stars of the 80s classic were on board to return. However, since then the project seems to have slipped back into development hell, with Donner backtracking on his earlier comments when announcing an off-Broadway stage production of the original movie earlier this month.
There has of course been talk of a Goonies 2 for the best part of the past thirty years, and according to Sean Astin – who played Mikey in the film – it’s a “100% mortal lock” that the sequel will happen at some point, although he’s unsure about whether he or the rest of the original cast will be back when it does:
“I have said and will always say, that it’s not a question of if, but rather of when the sequel gets made,” Astin tells TulsaWorld. “The precise makeup of it, I have no idea. Whether I will be in it, no idea. Whether they would even want the original cast in it, no idea. But it doesn’t matter. It’s bigger, it’s actually bigger than everybody. It’s bigger than even Steven (Spielberg), who created it. It’s bigger than Richard Donner, who breathed such strong life into it. It’s now a part of American cultural lore, and the studio has a lot to gain from promoting it, so you can take it to the bank that people will get to enjoy it more.”
Do you think we’ll ever see The Goonies 2, and would you even want to see a sequel? Let us know in the comments below…
Originally published September 29, 2015. Updated January 18, 2020.
