{"id":89119,"date":"2025-07-24T16:56:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T16:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/89119\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T16:56:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T16:56:12","slug":"josh-brolin-doesnt-seem-enthused-about-a-potential-goonies-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/89119\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Brolin Doesn’t Seem Enthused About a Potential ‘Goonies 2’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Forty years have passed since The Goonies delighted audiences and captured the adventurous imaginations<\/a> of a generation. In that time, talk of a sequel has never ended, but as of earlier this year<\/a>, it\u2019s more real than it ever has been. Warner Bros. has, as of a few months back, hired someone to write a <\/a>Goonies 2. And while many of the original cast members have been very vocal and excited<\/a> about the idea, the group\u2019s elder statesman, Josh Brolin, seems much less enthusiastic.<\/p>\n

Brolin, who went on to star in iconic films like No Country for Old Men, True Grit, W., Avengers: Endgame, Dune, and Deadpool 2, among others, got his big break with a role in the 1985 Steven Spielberg-produced, Richard Donner-directed adventure. He played Brandon Walsh, a.k.a. Brand, the older brother of Mikey, played by Sean Astin. This week, Brand, we mean Brolin, spoke with io9 for his incredible new movie, <\/a>Weapons, but we had to ask him about Goonies 2. We asked if the movie happened, and if his character is in it, would he have any trepidation about coming back? \u201cI would [have trepidations],\u201d Brolin said.<\/p>\n

Why exactly? \u201cBecause I love The Goonies, [but] it\u2019s been 41 years. Let it lay,\u201d the actor said. He then paused and continued. \u201cI mean, no, I love the idea, but I don\u2019t know. If they made one with different kids, then it becomes a different thing, and I think it taints the original one. I think people get excited, and people who were in the original movie, they get excited about being able to work with that group again because it was such an amazing experience. So do I think it should be done? I don\u2019t know, man. I love it just standing like it does.\u201d<\/p>\n

It certainly sounds like, if a Goonies 2 does get greenlit, it might have to happen without Josh Brolin\u2019s character. Which honestly could still work. He was part of the group but always on his own path, so it could be okay if he lived somewhere else than his brother, Mikey. And, of course, that\u2019s assuming whatever writer Potsy Ponciroli cooks up includes those characters. It could just be new characters and another mystery tied to One-Eyed Willy. Or something else entirely.<\/p>\n

But Brolin\u2019s point of view is certainly a valid one. Like he says, it\u2019s been 40 years. Maybe let it lie.<\/p>\n

Brolin\u2019s latest film, Weapons, is in theaters August 8, and we\u2019ll have more on it, and from him, soon.<\/p>\n

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Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel<\/a>, Star Wars<\/a>, and Star Trek<\/a> releases, what\u2019s next for the DC Universe on film and TV<\/a>, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Forty years have passed since The Goonies delighted audiences and captured the adventurous imaginations of a generation. In…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":89120,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[171,59616,32743,53,59617,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-89119","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-goonies-2","10":"tag-josh-brolin","11":"tag-movies","12":"tag-the-goonies","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114909268301916786","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89119\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}