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Goonies II?

BEVERLY HILLS, California — Mikey, Mouth, Data, Chunk and Sloth may be returning to the big screen, and with a whole new gang of Goonies — or more accurately, Groonies — joining them.

Richard Donner, who directed the 1985 classic "The Goonies," and Steven Spielberg, who executive produced it and co-wrote the script with future "H@rry Potter" director Chris Columbus, have purchased a sequel script and are pushing to get it made.

"We're trying desperately," Donner said. "We're just trying to get Warner Bros., who owns it, to say yes." Warner Bros. did not return a request for comment.

The sequel would reunite the original cast, which included Sean Astin, Corey Feldman, Josh Brolin and others, with a new bunch of suburban kids, Donner said.

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Wow- I can't decide how I feel about that. On one hand, I was a HUGE goonies fan as a kid. On the other hand- how depressing would that be. They'll be reuniting the cast who are all now 30 and 40 somethings and joining them with new kids. There is nothing that makes you feel quite as old as when you see people who will be forever etched in your mind as kids- totally grown up. And with real kids acting opposite them to show just how old they have gotten. Personally, I would like to remember Jeff Cohen as the cute kid who played CHUNK (remember the truffle shuffle?)- not some overweight movie hasbeen. Remember how depressing it was to see Mike Lookinland a.k.a. Bobby Brady all grown up in the brady bunch reunions? Let's not go there again.