ROTTEN TOMATOES: "Goonies 2?" "Gremlins 3?" "Scooby-Doo 3???"

"Goonies 2?" "Gremlins 3?" "Scooby-Doo 3???"

by Scott Weinberg | February 07, 2007

We've been hearing all sorts of rumors about Warner Bros. unleashing a direct-to-video sequel to "The Lost Boys," and that particular project does seem to be moving forward ... but those nutty folks over at the newly-formed "Warner Premiere" simply MUST have grown up in the 1980s.

According to Moviehole.net, Warner Premiere is not only planning a "Lost Boys 2," but (allegedly) a "Goonies 2," a "New Jack City 2," a "Scooby-Doo 3," and a ... "Gremlins 3"? Really??

Now, before you get all excited, let me remind you that Warner Premiere is WB's new direct-to-video division -- so even if any of the aforementioned sequels get made, we're talking first-time directors and seriously low budgets. Maybe the Premiere folks should stay away from the big FX movies while they're just getting started. Surely a "Spies Like Us" or "Wildcats" sequel would be a smarter investment.

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a blind goat writes:
on Feb 07 2007 05:55 AM

really is direct to dvd movies worth making? I have yet to watch one that I would consider enjoyable.

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vic40186 writes:
on Feb 07 2007 05:58 AM

Please stop doing bad sequels!. Who really cares about the Gremlins and The Goonies actually?

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kenny356 writes:
on Feb 07 2007 07:53 AM

[b]um[/b]
Ok, gremlins, well it is easy to make more of them, so it could be done.

Goonies, why bother, you have to recast everyone and the buried treasure thing is going to be hard going up against national treasure 2 and indy 4.

Scooby 3, there was a scooby 2?

Lost boys, come on the first one was a classic, but what are you gonna do without Keifer, the Corey's and Bill S. Preston, Esq.

New Jack City 2, isn't everyone in that movie dead, I mean ok so we have Judd Nelson and Ice-T left, but come on.

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synergyred writes:
on Feb 07 2007 08:42 AM

No. No. and GOD No.

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spawnwest writes:
on Feb 07 2007 08:51 AM

are we ever going to see something new an creative/original....or just a bunch of remakes and sequels

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donkeytron writes:
on Feb 07 2007 09:28 AM

[b]New Jack City 2[/b]
Pookie's Revenge!!

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the_don_of_yreka writes:
on Feb 07 2007 09:33 AM

i wouldnt mind seeing Gremlins 3 and Scooby-Doo 3. the rest can go to hell.

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Kid_Ikarus writes:
on Feb 07 2007 09:40 AM

In reply to this comment (#855030)
LMAO!!!

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rustdog writes:
on Feb 07 2007 09:44 AM

Little Monsters 2, Howard the Duck 2 with more duck sex, Monster Squad 2, Gleaming the Cube 2. The list goes on and on. Ok, maybe all these properties aren't owned by the WB.

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bribios writes:
on Feb 07 2007 10:23 AM

If theres anything this world needs, it's more duck sex.

Besides, its a good idea for Warner Bros to make sequels to their classics (and Scooby Doo). Disney's doing a fantastic job with their new modern classics like "Cinderella 3", "The Jungle Book 2", and "Piss on Walt Disney's Grave Part IV". There's nothing audiences love better than to see their favorite childhood movies dry humped to death by out of touch studio execs and untalented film makers.

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Senh Duong writes:
on Feb 07 2007 10:30 AM

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I think everyone sees how much Disney's raking in from direct-to-video sequels to their classics. Those things make $100M in video sales and rentals, according to a USA Today report. Crazy.

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High School With Money writes:
on Feb 07 2007 11:20 AM

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Way to think inside that ol' "don't rape my childhood" box. More than likely, these newcomer sequels will get newcomer casts on the cheap, complete with 20-second flavor-of-the-minute tweener pop interludes. These MBA producers may have been "80s" kids, but they're not staying "80s" for these DVDs.

Heh, [i]Pookie's Revenge[/i]. :D

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bigbrother writes:
on Feb 07 2007 11:37 AM

In reply to this comment (#855034)
More Duck sex and more Cow Bell= Surefire Oscar winner

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bigbrother writes:
on Feb 07 2007 11:40 AM

Since we can't make fun of fat kids anymore there wouldn't even be a truffle shuffle in Goonie's two and what's the point of Goonie's without the Truffle Shuffle?

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arcadefire325 writes:
on Feb 07 2007 11:41 AM

are the gremlins having sex with the duck????

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horrorbetterthandrama writes:
on Feb 07 2007 11:44 AM

In reply to this comment (#855031)
you can go to hell

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The_Corrector writes:
on Feb 07 2007 11:48 AM

In reply to this comment (#855033)
There's nothing about that sentence I didn't like

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Pilgermann writes:
on Feb 07 2007 12:03 PM

Wretched! I remember that a few years ago there was a script floating around for a GOONIES "prequel" which was basically a pirate film about One Eyed Willy and his crew. I'm sure this GOONIES 2 crap will just be a different group of kids in a similar situation, kind of like the straight to video SANDLOT 2. It pisses me off but I'll probably watch it... :(

As for a GREMLINS 3, they'll probably use a bunch of CG for the gremlins, and I know Joe Dante won't have any involvement. It's going to suck.

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1 man's opinion writes:
on Feb 07 2007 12:05 PM

Rad 2: Back to Helltrack

Cru and Kristen's kid Cru Jr. must win Helltrack 2 to save mom and dad's bike shop!

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Count_Vertigo writes:
on Feb 07 2007 12:55 PM

Wasn't there a rumored Goonies 2 script floating around involving the kids of the original Goonies discovering what their parents did and attempting it themselves? I could've sworn I heard something about that a few years ago and they were trying to get the original kids (now grown up) back together for a "Next Generation" type movie.

Gremlins 3? Sorry, but the first two are classic. To try a third without CGI'ing the hell out of it and ruining the fun of the first two, or not involving the original cast, would be an utter waste of time. Bring back the Gizmo merchandise, but unless its a well done big screen treatment, let those movies rest in peace. And this comes from someone who still has mint condition copies of the Hardees book and record set...lol

Scooby is already being done to death in plenty of direct to video animated crap. No reason for another live action piece of drivel. The first one was great. The second was craptacular.

As for New Jack City 2 and The Lost Boys 2...ummmm...I'm speechless at the stupidity behind those ideas.

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