Worst idea… or worst idea ever? Cinema Blend is reporting that Forrest Gump producers Steve Tisch and Wendy Finerman are eager to bring back Winston Groom’s hapless chocolate-loving adventurer for a second film. They even have a script; Paramount reportedly hired original screenwriter Eric Roth to adapt Groom’s follow-up novel Gump & Co. in 2001 after the original grossed over $300 million at the box office in 1994, only to abandon the project after a dispute with Groom over royalties. Legal issues solved, Roth’s script — which picks up after the death of Jenny and the failure of the Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. — is back in play.
But more importantly, is Tom Hanks? In the 13 years since the release of Gump, the two-time Oscar winner has cemented his position as Hollywood’s biggest star and is probably not interested in slipping back the ol’ buzzcut and blue-checkered shirt ensemble. But who knows? Maybe the forthcoming Charlie Wilson’s War star has a soft spot for the role, and besides, if Old Man Ford is willing to re-don his brown crushed fedora… If Hanks is not interested, however, I hope Paramount has enough sense to quash the project altogether, as well as any prequel ideas, a la Forrest: The Early Years.
But that’s just me. Would you be interested in seeing Forrest back on the big screen? If so, can anyone but Hanks pull off the role?
Bad idea.
My favorite scene in “Forrest Gump 2: Even Gumper” is when he stumbles into a Bananarama video.
*headdesk*
If Hanks is not around it is a horrible idea…unless they get Forrest Whitiker to play Forrest Gump. Now that is some casting!
My favorite part of “Forrest Gump 2: The Chocolate War” is when he meets Richard Pryor at a party and sees him light himself on fire while freebasing cocaine.
Worst Idea Ever is right. Forrest Gump is such a classic and one of my all-time favorite movies. Does that mean I want to see more Forrest? No! His story was told but another movie with him and new characters just wouldn’t feel right. No matter how much they tried, lightning rarely strikes twice. Hollywood needs to stop messing with the classics.
No No No, terrible idea. The follow-up novel Gump & Co. was horrible. In the book, Forrest and Jenny never got together, he found out about Jenny’s death in a letter written by her mother, and little Forrest never lived with him, he was raised by his grand-mother. I wonder how they would switch all that up, since in the movie Jenny married Forrest, and he raised Little Forrest alone after her death.
Nooooooo, that is my all-time favorite movie. The last thing we need is a crappy sequel, so that the studios can make money.
Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. didn’t go out of business, silly people. You can still go eat there.
I’m really not that stupid…
No. No.No. You guys put one of these posts out about once a month. Sequel to Gone With the Wind, Godfather 4, Step By Step: The Next Generation. Let a movie like this just stand on its own without watering it down.
If there must be a Forerst Gump 2: Still Runnin, at least let Pulp Fiction 2 take the Oscar this time.
Oy – In my little home of Monterey, there’s this horrendous theme restaurant called Bubba Gump’s, where you get all sorts of fried food while endless TVs play the movie over and over, and the wait staff comes to your table and yells Gump trivia questions at the top of their lungs because the restaurant is so noisy.
In southern accents.
There’s also a guy dressed like Gump, with the haircut and the suitcse and the choc, who wanders around the restaurant and gets photos taken with tourists.
It’s jaw-droppingly strange – like a convention of SCA-ers or Trekkers who are completely not cool.
And I wondered how in the world they could stay relevant (if that’s the word). Ah but now I know! If they’re not behind this sequel, they should be.
And they got the actor for the part if that dag-blamed Hanks dawon’ waon’ iyut.
No. Just no.
I know I’m in the minority, but Forrest Gump is one of my least favourite movies of all time. Needless to say, I won’t be spending money to see a sequel.
My favorite part of “Forrest Gump 2: The Forrest for the Trees” is when he wanders onstage during Live Aid and ends up singing backup on Bohemian Rhapsody with Queen.
You can’t mess with the first one. A second just wouldn’t work. Not only no but HELL NO!