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A couple of weeks ago Richard Donner confirmed that he was actively working on The Goonies 2. Now he’s got another nugget of info, as in a new interview with TMZ, he says Goonies executive producer Steven Spielberg has come up with the story for the sequel.

Donner says, “Hopefully we’re going to get this done. Period. Steven came up with the idea of doing a sequel after 30 years. You don’t do it without him. He came up with another story line, and he’s right on.”

As for whether original cast members such as Josh Brolin or Sean Astin will come back, the director adds, “God knows. It’s up to them. If they have any sense, they will. If they don’t, they won’t.”

Spielberg did a similar job on the first film, receiving a story credit, while Chris Columbus came up with the screenplay. Hopefully this will all end up with a film actually being made and it’ll be the good one fans have hoped for.

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Ever since 1985, every year or two there’s been a rumour that a sequel to The Goonies might be in the works. It’s gotten to the point where most people assumed it will never happen, but then few people thought we’d get The Lost Boys 2 & 3 either (and even more wish we hadn’t).

However now director Richard Donner himself has confirmed that they’re working on The Goonies 2. After TMZ stopped him on the street, they asked if he’d return to the comic book genre he helped create with 1978’s Superman

He replies, “If you call The Goonies a comic book.” He then adds, “We’re doing a sequel.”

When asked if any of the original cast is going to return, he says, “Hopefully all of them.”

Several years ago a script for The Goonies 2 was developed, which followed a new group of kids, many of the children of the original Goonies. Over the years the likes of Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Corey Feldman, Kerri Green, and Martha Plimpton have expressed an interest in returning, but the film has never seemed all that close to actually happening.

While this isn’t exactly an official announcement, the fact it’s on Donner’s mind certainly suggests it’s something he’s actively working on. We’ll have to wait and see if this actually turns into anything.

Take a look at the TMZ vid below.

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