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'Goonies' cast reflect on life-changing film - Entertainment News, Profile in Excellence: Lauren Shuler Donner & Richard Donner, Media
'Goonies' cast reflect on life-changing film - Entertainment News, Profile in Excellence: Lauren Shuler Donner & Richard Donner, Media
Donner's adventure story has fervent fanbase There's no escaping "The Goonies." Of all the films Richard Donner ("Dick," to friends) has directed -- including "The Omen," "Superman" and the entire "Lethal Weapon" franchise -- the treasure-hunting kids' adventure story seems to have the most ...
Richard Donner Says Lethal Weapon 5 is a No Go
iesb.net — With sequels and revivals running rampant in Hollywood, think Indiana Jones, Die Hard, movie fans have been... wondering, when are Riggs and Murtaugh coming back?! (more) Richard Donner Says Lethal Weapon 5 is a No Go
Goonies Sequel is Dead; Broadway Musical Moving Forward?
Goonies Sequel is Dead; Broadway Musical Moving Forward?
slashfilm.com — Richard Donner confirms that a Goonies sequel is once again dead. The last script attempt involved a... new group of kids, as the daughters and sons of the original Goonies gang, going off on a new adventure. Most of the original cast members ... (more) Goonies Sequel is Dead; Broadway Musical Moving Forward?
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  • Robyn74 Robyn74
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    This movie was the cornerstone for a generation. It had everything: secret passages, pirates, treasure, what more could a kid want from a movie!

     

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Goonies: The Musical?
Movies RSS Feed: UGO — Goonies: The Musical? Goonies Cast Variety has some reflections on The Goonies from the cast, more than two decades after the film’s release. Head over ...

Goonies sequel dead
Filmstalker — ... into a Broadway musical. I am currently rolling my eyes. It was way back in February 2007 when we first heard about a Goonies sequel, and back then the idea was that it would go straight to DVD. Then in August this year they said the sequel would get a major release, and they were talking to writers about it. We didn't have long to digest it though, as the next day rumour had it that the film wasn't happening. Now Richard Donner , through Variety and /Film , says that the plan for a sequel ...

I Am Link
my new plaid pants — ... --- The ReGoonie-ing - The sequel to The Goonies is very very dead, says director Richard Donner. Alas. It could never be the same without Anne Ramsey anyway, I have just right now decided. ...

Geek Daily: Goonies DO Say Die, 'Sleeper' Has a Writer, and More
Cinematical — ... Richard Donner tells Variety that a sequel to The Goonies nearly happened -- but the project is now as dead as a doornail. "We tried really hard, and Steven (Spielberg) said, 'Let's do it.' We had a lot of young writers submit work, but it just didn't seem to call for it." Thank all that is holy. If you're feeling nostalgic, check out the link to the full article, as there's some funny behind-the-scenes stories, particularly about Josh Brolin. ...

Forget About 'Goonies 2'
I Watch Stuff - The Best Movie News Ever — ... that Goonies 2 was an "absolute certainty." Apparently that's no longer the case, as Richard Donner has told Variety that, despite his best efforts to taint my nostalgia, it "simply didn't pan out." ...

Goonies 2 Is Dead
FlicksNews.net — ... Richard Donner has been a bit of a buzz kill lately first killing Lethal Weapon 5 and now he has killed the likelihood of a Goonies sequel telling Variety that, despite his best efforts, it "simply didn't pan out." ...

Screenwriting News & Links! 10/19/08
Mystery Man on Film — ... "I do think you could probably take Superman into some other areas today. I think maybe it's ready to break the mold slightly and bring a little greater sense of reality into it. Not contemporizing it to like today. Just making the heavies -- and the situation that is the tension piece -- a little more broken away from the comic-book character. It would take some tricky writing, some good acting and some good directing." (Goonies sequel is dead, too.) ...

Newsbites: The sci-fi and adventure edition!
FilmChat — ... (1985)? Its co-stars do, and they look back on it fondly. Oh, and apparently producer Steven Spielberg and director Richard Donner tried to make a sequel for years, but nothing ever came of their efforts. -- Variety ...

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