Thursday, March 29, 2007

Unwatchable kids film + Musical = JPX's second worst nightmare of the week (the first being the Robert Smith/Simpson collaboration)

The coolest kid adventure film of the 1980s — eat it, Flight of the Navigator! — has enjoyed a fervent cult following ever since its release in 1985. But what Goonies lovers really want to know is, Will we ever see Chunk, Data, and Mouth in another incarnation? Believe it or not, we very well might — as a musical. The film's director, Richard Donner (16 Blocks), says there is an active attempt to mount a musical adaptation of the original, which was written by Chris Columbus from Steven Spielberg's story. ''Steven and I have discussed it, and it's something that I'm fairly passionate about right now,'' Donner tells us.

A second movie seems unlikely, however. ''We never had a script,'' Donner explains. ''We tried a couple of times and every time we did, we realized, 'What are we doing?''' Which is disappointing, to be sure, but nothing seeing the ''Truffle Shuffle'' as a lavish production number can't make better.

1 comment:

Octopunk said...

There are two statements in this post that baffle the bejesus out of me. One is "eat it, Flight of the Navigator!" Like, when the hell was that a contender?

The other is Donner saying "Steven and I have discussed it [a Goonies musical], and it's something that I'm fairly passionate about right now."

What the deuce? Donner's other statement makes a lot more sense:
"We tried a couple of times [to write a Goonies 2 script] and every time we did, we realized, 'What are we doing?'"

Yeah, man, go with that feeling! Cripes.

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