Goonies never say die, and apparently , neither do sequels. Earlier this year , news broke that after decades of back-and-forth about a follow-up to the fan-favorite 1985 film, The Goonies , Warner Bros. had hired a writer to pen a script. Now, the writer has provided an update that makes it seem like the sequel is getting closer to actually happening.

Speaking to Deadline at the Venice Film Festival, Goonies 2 writer Potsy Ponciroli provided the following update. “I have turned in a first draft, which was very well received, and I’m on a second draft and I’m about 95% done with that so we’re moving in the right direction,” he said.

More importantly, he also offered this perspective on what many feel about this movie. “I know there’s a lot of ‘Do we need a new Goonies ’,”

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