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"Hey you guyssss! Fans of the cult classic The Goonies got into a tizzy over the weekend when its director, Richard Donner, revealed that a sequel is in the works. They weren&amp;apos;t the only ones abuzz, though. Its star Sean Astin joined the excitement via Twitter on Saturday, April 5.\r\n&amp;quot;Huh? What? #Goonies 2,&amp;quot; Astin, 43, wrote. &amp;quot;We Never Say Die!&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nAstin, 14 when the movie was released, starred in the 1985 blockbuster smash alongside Josh Brolin, Raising Hope&amp;apos;s Martha Plimpton, Corey Feldman, Jeff Cohen, Kerri Green, and Jonathan Ke Quan. The film, written by Steven Spielberg and Chris Columbus, centered on a group of kids in search of a pirate treasure.\r\nWord of a remake surfaced on Saturday when Donner was approached by TMZ cameras. Asked if he was going to direct a trendy comic book film, he quipped: &amp;quot;If you call Goonies a comic book. We&amp;apos;re doing a sequel.&amp;quot;&amp;#xA0;\r\n\r\n\r\nFor Astin, getting the old gang back together -- including Chunk (Cohen), of course -- seemed like a possibility for the past two years. Back in 2012, the Rudy actor spoke of reuniting the cast during an interview with IGN.com. &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m 1,000 percent certain there will be a sequel,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;I will bet my children on it.&amp;quot;\r\nHe also opened up about it during the Wizard World St. Louis Comic Con this weekend. &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;ve known that, a year after the original film, Steven Spielberg and Dick [Donner] had wanted to make a sequel. I know they&amp;apos;ve developed lots of screenplays, and it&amp;apos;s been a rumor for a long time,&amp;quot; he told Paranormal Pop Culture. &amp;quot;But none of us are getting any younger so if they want to do it, they might as well do it sooner rather than later.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I don&amp;apos;t know if they would ask me to be a part of it,&amp;quot; he continued. &amp;quot;Dick sort of said -- with the TMZ reporters -- that he hoped all the stars would come back. Everybody has a great affection for it.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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