A few months ago, Chris Columbus confirmed that "The Goonies 2" is happening, but they are having a hard time finding the perfect script.
"There are a lot of writers who are interested in writing 'Goonies,' but the problem is that we are very protective because it's such a well-loved movie," the 56-year-old director told HuffPost Live.
Apart from that, they are also concerned about the cast who are all in their 40s now.
"'Gremlins' is a little easier to probably come up with something, because gremlins exist as creatures. They haven't aged," Columbus explained. "'The Goonies' have aged 30 years. There was a magic about that particular cast, so how do you make it work now? And that's a difficult challenge."
Maybe Richard Donner has finally found a solution for "The Goonies 2." During an interview with Yahoo, the 85-year-old film producer revealed that they are doing a special project. "We're going to do an off-Broadway, do you know what immersion theatre is?" he asked.
"Where there's no seats, the venue is you go into a warehouse and there's something happening in that warehouse and that's the play you've come to see, only you become part of it and you travel through with actors. It's very popular now." Donner explained.
"We're doing one on 'The Goonies.' It will take another year or so but it's going to be wonderful," he added. Immersion theaters usually feature musicals so there's a possibility that they will be doing "The Goonies" musical. Some die-hard fans may be disappointed with Richard Donner's revelation because most of them wanted to see the original cast return on the big screen.
Sean Astin (Mikey), Corey Feldman (Mouth), and Josh Brolin (Brand) have showed interest in appearing in a sequel. Jeff Cohen (Chunk), on the other hand, confirmed that he doesn't want to reprise his role in case there will be "The Goonies 2."
"Look, being an actor is great, I miss being an actor. I think anyone who's been an actor, you kind of miss it even if you were just in school plays. You miss it because it was a fun experience," he explained. "But I think I'm going to stick with the entertainment-law thing. That seems to be working out."
