Martha Plimpton reacts to ‘The Goonies’ sequel rumors

The Goonies never say die – unless you ask Martha Plimpton.

On Sept. 6, a report from the Sun stated that a follow-up film to the 1985 cult classic about a group of adventurous kids was in the works, with the original cast expected to return.

On Friday, Sept. 13, Plimpton, 53, who played Stephanie “Stef” Steinbrenner in the original movie — took to Instagram to deny the rumor.

“People, there is no Goonies2 script, there is no one ‘attached,’ Spielberg is not directing, it’s not real,” Plimpton wrote in her post.

“What IS real is CHECK YOUR REGISTRATION AND VOTE!!!!” she added in her statement, referring to the upcoming US presidential election.

Corey Feldman, 53, who also starred in the movie as Clark “Mouth” Devereaux, took to social media to shut down the rumor too.

On Sept. 10, Feldman wrote wrote on X, formerly Twitter:  “2’SDAY, IS #GOONIES2 REAL?! EVERY1 IS ASKING… I CAN OFFICIALLY TELL U 100% NO! I HAV NO INFO THAT A SEQUEL IS IN THE WORKX.”

Written by Chris Columbus based on a story created by Steven Spielberg, “The Goonies” also starred Josh Brolin, Sean Astin, Jeff Cohen, Oscar winner Ke Huy Quan, Kerri Green, John Matuszak and Joe Pantoliano.

Several cast members have died in the decades since the movie came out, including John Matuszak, Anne Ramsey, Mary Ellen Trainor, Keith Walker and Lupe Ontiveros.

“The Goonies” follows a group of kids and teens in Oregon who set out to find a lost treasure that they think will help their parents avoid foreclosure on their homes.

In 2015, Astin told the Tulsa World, “I have said and will always say, that it’s not a question of if, but rather when the sequel gets made.”

The “Lord of the Rings” star added, “The precise makeup of it, I have no idea. Whether I will be in it, no idea. Whether they would even want the original cast in it, no idea. But it doesn’t matter. It’s bigger — it’s actually bigger than everybody. It’s bigger than even Steven [Spielberg], who created it … It’s now a part of American cultural lore, and the studio has a lot to gain from promoting it, so you can take it to the bank that people will get to enjoy it more.”

Astin, 53, has not added any recent updates to those comments.

In a Facebook post in Sept. 2015, Astin wrote, “If it gets made in my lifetime, I will root for it, whether I’m in it or not. If it gets made after I’m no longer here to be in it or watch it, I still know in my heart, guts, wherever, [that] it will get made.”

In a March 2024 interview with Yahoo, Brolin said about the possibility of a sequel, “Personally, why? Do you know what I mean? I don’t like it.”

The “No Country For Old Men actor, 56, explained, “The movie exists in a really wonderful way, generation after generation … I just got a text the other day of a guy who had showed his daughter the movie for the first time and then he kind of regressed into seeing it for the first time, it’s so wonderful.”

“Why do you need to weigh it out with something else? Tell me, what would it be like?”

He did admit, however, that Spielberg and Columbus “had a couple of scripts” at some point, but they felt they “weren’t good enough.”

He concluded: “And now it’s far enough away that I don’t know if it would ever happen.”