Sci Fi Wire is reporting that writer Chris Columbus is hopeful of reuniting the original Goonies cast - just like Empire did a couple of months ago! This time though, it would be for an actual movie. Director Richard Donner has apparently already talked about it with original Fratelli sibling Joe Pantoliano (which is interesting because it suggests the same villains as before), and with the 25th anniversary looming, the time is ripe. There's been talk of Goonies projects here and there for years. We reported a mooted animated series two years ago. This time, Columbus is talking about some generational torch-passing: "I think the only way it could be done is if the kids are now the parents, and their kids have become the Goonies."  There's also the problem of the way society has changed, providing all too easy technological get-out-of-jail-free cards: "You can't go anywhere near a computer or cell phone. Maybe if all the parents in the new movie forbid their kids to play on the Internet, that's gotta be the plot." So, a challenge for you on a sunny Wednesday morning: pitch us a plot for Goonies 2: The New Batch, and give us a cast of new kids while you're about it. The rules: no cellphones and no internet. And it must not, must not suck.

Owen Williams

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Seriously Bad Idea.
Chris heres an idea, instead of having new kids, keep old cast, all of them. Their kids are maybe taken hostage by the Fratellis (excluding the mother obviously, RIP) and the parents aka the Goonies have to go and save their kids, thats basically the moral to it all, with Ku having his gadget, chunk and mouth doing their stuf, along with Mike, and his brother would make a enjoyable family movie, plus keeps the old faces all the way through ... Read More JadMock About me
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L: The Hooded Man The Goonies could be one of the most underrated films of all time, I wasn't even aware of its existence at the cinema and wasn't aware of the film at all until it popped up on telly one night in the late 80s, a flop on original release? ]   rial]No man! It was HUGE! Spielberg was on a roll in 1985 - producing this and BACK TO THE FUTURE. I saw THE GOONIES at the cinema when I was 10 - perfect age.r] ... Read More Snake-Eyes About me
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t's what I love about horror films. The virgin should /i] be a girl. It would have been really funny if Rudy admitted that he was a virgin and ended up reciting the incantation ] Yeah, now that you mention it anyone of the boys could have done itere was probably something scribbled in Van Helsing's diary about the terms, although as far as I remember they're just told it has to be a virgin, not the specific gender. y Duncan Regehr was a brilliant Dracula. It's just too bad the budget ... Read More Kazuya About me
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L: Kazuya L: Maria Noir Well now I just have to link the clip don't I? lickink]love when Eugene asks "Is a version?". That's so cute! still think that Chunk has the edge on Fat Kid though. I also have to include one of my other favourite parts ereink]. t is, and I love the way Patrick's sister admits to not being a virgin, "Well, Steve, but he doesn't count." ] Ah, that's what I love about horror films. The virgin should /i] be a girl. It would have been really funny i... Read More Maria Noir About me
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L: Kazuya L: Maria Noir L: Kazuya "My name...is Horace." i]ster Squadb]another reason why every one should love Shane Black. now know what my next avatar is going to be. efinitely, the guy's a genius. Nobody does slick, in-your-face dialogue and smart-ass one-liners better. I fucking LOVE The Monster Squads for the av, another fat kid (]fat kid) perhaps?/quote] Well now I just have to link the clip don't I? lickrl]e when Eugene asks "Is a version?". That's so cut... Read More Maria Noir About me
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