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Josh Brolin shares his honest thoughts on a 'Goonies' sequel

By Sophia Soto | Last updated Aug 3, 2025 3:20 PM ET

While promoting Weapons , Josh Brolin revealed his feelings about a possible sequel to 1985's The Goonies, which he starred in alongside Sean Astin, Corey Feldman, Ke Huy Quan, Jeff Cohen, Martha Plimpton, and Kerri Green.

"Of course you hope it does, I hope it does, because the experience was so great, the movie is received so well, generation after generation," he told ET. "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]."

The actor doesn't know what the follow-up would be about, but he adds, "Maybe it could be great. If it's great, you'll know. Like, if [Steven] Spielberg approves it, you know it's gonna be good, but I think there's been five scripts so far through the years, and he hasn't approved anything yet. So, me being picky, Spielberg is picky, and he has a reason to be, 'cause he has great taste."

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To celebrate the film's 40th anniversary, Brolin wrote, "I remember seeing this poster for the first time across the street from Warner Brothers in Burbank. My first film, which was an earned accident. Lucky. The experience was golden -- Richard Donner, Spielberg, all the Goonies -- and now looking back on angry year classic is both humbling and cause for major celebration. It's a film that resonates generation after generation and I'm so grateful for its presence. There's nothing bad about it. It has only ever representing good."

Meanwhile, Quan says the sequel question is "one of the most asked questions in my life," commenting to Variety, "I would love for it to happen."

Whether or not a second movie does happen, the legacy will continue to last no matter what because Goonies never say die.

Sophia Soto

Sophia Soto is a writer and interviewer with a passion for all things entertainment. She is a Senior Reporter at The Nerds of Color and contributes to Yardbarker, Screensphere, Den of Geek, What to Watch, Nerdtropolis, and Temple of Geek. You can see her past work on Remezcla, Young Hollywood, Looper, Paste Magazine, Primetimer, Soundsphere, and Starry Constellation Magazine

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