Josh Brolin Explains ‘Trepidation’ About Goonies Sequel 40 Years Later

Josh Brolin is weighing in on whether or not he thinks a Goonies sequel is a good idea 40 years after the film’s original release.

Brolin, 57, admitted that he had some “trepidation” about a second movie while speaking with Entertainment Tonight on July 31.

“I hope it does [happen] because the experience was so great,” he told the outlet. “The movie is received so well, generation after generation. It’s just everything good about it. The trepidation that I have is that you release something else that taints that. I don’t want to taint what my memory of it [is].”

Brolin explained that he wasn’t exactly sure what story line a sequel could follow now that the original Goonies cast is all grown up.

“It’s like, ‘Oh, we came out with another,’ and then the Goonies grew up, and then they came out with their walkers and then they fell off a cliff because they couldn’t see very well,” he said. “What are you going to do? I don’t know.”

Brolin starred in 1985’s The Goonies with Sean Astin, Jeff Cohen, Corey Feldman, Kerri Green, Martha Plimpton, Ke Huy Quan, John Matuszak, Robert Davi, Joe Pantoliano and Anne Ramsey. Steven Spielberg directed the adventure comedy with the screenplay by Chris Columbus, which has been hailed a cult classic.

The actor continued, “Maybe it could be great. If it’s great, you’ll know. If Spielberg approves it, you know it’s going to be good.”

Spielberg, 78, is ultimately the one who has the final say over the sequel’s script and is taking his time, according to Brolin.

“I think there’s been five scripts so far through the years and he hasn’t approved anything yet,” Brolin explained. “Spielberg is picky, and he has a reason to be because he has great taste.”

It was first reported by Entertainment Weekly in February that a Goonies sequel was officially in the works at Warner Bros., with Potsy Ponciroli writing the screenplay and Columbus, 66, and Spielberg serving as producers.

Spielberg previously addressed the chatter surrounding the Goonies sequel during an April 2020 appearance on Josh Gad’s YouTube channel.

“Every couple of years, we come up with an idea, but then it doesn’t hold water,” the director revealed. “The problem is the bar that all of you raised on this genre. I don’t think we’ve really successfully been able to find an idea that is better than The Goonies that we all made in the ’80s.”