Role Models’ writer Timothy Dowling has put together a spec script that has the net a buzz with a Goonies sequel, but this won’t be that movie. The script titled Treehouse Gang has similarities to what could be a sequel to the 80s classic already has a director attached and is moving forward.
Kent Alterman has signed on to direct a movie called Treehouse Gang, based on a spec script by Timothy Dowling (Role Models). The story revolves around six friends in their late-twenties who get together for “a treasure hunt that echoes the hunts of their youth, in the process exploring longtime friendships and grudges”.
With Hollywood taking spec scripts for original movies and writing them into existing franchises to build brand recognition I would not be surprised if they had rebranded this and cast the Goonies in a massive reuinion flick. Dirty Dancing Havana Nights could have just been Havana Nights but it made for better publicity to advertise it as a Dirty Dancing movie.
The comparisons to Goonies is obvious and it likely would fit, but the Goonies didn’t have “grudges” or issues to work out, and adding that would change the feel of a Goonies movie.
I think I would prefer a good reunion movie AND a totally seperate Goonies sequel. This doesn’t have to be made into the Goonies 2.
