The man behind the classic ’80s kid’s movie has said that a Goonies sequel is in the works, although it’s hard to tell how far down the road the project is.

In an interview with TMZ, Donner was asked if he’d ever do another comic book movie (he directed the first two Superman films), and replied: “If you call ‘Goonies’ a comic book,” before clarifying “we’re doing a sequel”.

Let’s move past the fact that, no, The Goonies is not a comic book movie, and onto the meat of the matter.

At the moment, despite what Donner says, the film is unlikely to ever actually happen.

Rights holders Warner Bros has said nothing, and talk of a new film is nothing new. Donner also said he wants to reunite the entire cast for the follow-up, which considering half of them now work in fields like real estate and dentistry is also unrealistic.

However… just a few years ago Donner said there was no hope of a sequel happening, so something has changed his mind.

On the other hand, there are countless stories of actors and directors insisting that sequels to their personal favourite films are on the way, and they’re all as substantial as a peacock’s whisper.

Right now, I’m going to hold off on any proper emotions until it becomes something that exists and has an official press release.

When that happens though, expect to get wet fingers, because whether you’re reading this in the paper or on the internet, it’ll be soaked through with tears.

Marvel Studios reckons it has more than 8,000 characters at its disposal, and it sounds like the company is taking advantage of its collateral.

In a Bloomberg Businessweek profile of studio president Kevin Feige, there is mention of a movie roadmap running until 2028. The article also says that Marvel aims to make as many as five movies a year, so if that is the case, we can expect another 70 films over the next 14 years.

That’s a hell of a lot for a studio that didn’t even exist a decade ago.

Not all the films are going to feature A-list heroes. Or even B. C will be a stretch, too. Be prepared for Hellcow (a cow bitten by Dracula), Asbestos Lady (a lady dressed in asbestos. Guess how the character died) and Spider-Ham (a porcine Peter Parker).

Even though the cast hasn’t been finalised and the script is still being polished, filming has started on Star Wars: Episode VII.

It’s always a good sign when things are being shot before everything else is nailed down.

Anyway, in better news, Peter Mayhew is going to be in the new film, reprising his role of Chewbacca.

So that’s Chewie and R2D2 both in the new movie, meaning at the very least we’ll get 90 minutes of them bleeping and/or growling at each other over petty issues – like an episode of Peep Show if David Mitchell was eight feet tall and looked like an old carpet.

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With their hit show Key and Peele, comedy duo Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele have established themselves as guys to watch, and it seems Hollywood agrees.

Over the last few months the pair have been offered a variety of different projects, but they may be on the brink of dropping everything as New Line Cinema is considering offering them the production reins to the Police Academy reboot.

After seven films, which got progressively worse, the series about trainee cops is coming back. Talk of a new Police Academy film is nothing new, but it sounds like things are happening.

New Line exec Paul Maslansky said: “[The new film] is going to be very worthwhile to the people who remember it and to those who saw it on TV. It’s going to be a new class. We hope to discover new talent and season it with great comedians. It’ll be anything but another movie with a numeral next to it. And we’ll most probably retain the wonderful musical theme.”

There’s no word yet on whether Key and Peele will step in front of the camera for Police Academy, but I don’t care about that. As long as Steve Guttenberg comes back, it’ll get my business.