Nearly 40 years after The Goonies, a sequel to the 1985 film is in the works.
Warner Bros. has tapped Potsy Ponciroli to write the forthcoming sequel. Steven Spielberg and Chris Columbus will return to produce the film with Kristie Macosko Krieger and Holly Bario for Amblin Entertainment. Lauren Shuler Donner will executive produce. No director has been attached to the new project.
Based on Steven Spielberg’s original story, The Goonies was helmed by Richard Donner with a screenplay by Columbus. The movie follows a group of children who embark on a treasure hunt in hopes of saving their homes from being sold and destroyed by a property development company. The film proved successful at the box office at the time, earning $125 million worldwide, but more notably became a monumental pop culture reference, renowned for its beloved characters and iconic catchphrases, including “Goonies never say die!”
The original film starred a young Josh Brolin, Sean Astin, Corey Feldman, Ke Huy Quan and Martha Plimpton, catapulting their careers into the mainstream. While no plot or cast details have been unveiled about the new story, Quan told reporters after he won his 2023 Golden Globe that he “would be open to reliving that character if there is that opportunity” but that it likely wouldn’t happen due to Donner’s July 2021 death.
“Sadly, we lost the captain of our ship, who I love dearly, and I really don’t know if there will be Goonies 2,” he explained at the time. The news of the sequel comes after years of back-and-forth about its development, including Plimpton telling fans the follow-up film was “not real” on Instagram in September 2024.
