Possible sequel to The Last Starfighter

[CorpusBlack]

http://www.moviehole.net/news/20080227_its_a_last_starfighter_sequel.html

Its a Last Starfighter sequel!
Date : February 27, 2008 Writer : Clint Morris

Proof of God, or just an outrageous rumour that wants us to believe there is such a thing as a higher being?

I refer to Cinema Blends report that Lance Guest's one and only bonafide blockbuster - and Gen-X fave - 1984s "The Last Starfighter" , the story of a teenage video-game buff who is recruited to fly space-ships for real, is set to get a sequel.

Is it real? Is it actually happening? Is the ghost of Robert Preston in talks to return? And what about Lance Guest, does he get to eat this year?

A scooper, who the site says checked out, says “It involves original director Nick Castle, writer Jonathan Betuel and actor Lance Guest. It's your basic Son of the Starfighter storyline and actually sounds pretty cool".

Apparently a company called Paige and Associates, who work with Warner Brothers and Universal Pictures, are behind the film.

The sequel will fix on the 'Son' of the Last Starfighter - so it makes sense to have Guest back. Having said that, I can only imagine that such a film - if Guest is again the star, and considering most kids today wouldn't have the foggiest what the movie even is - would go direct-to-DVD. Not that I'd be complaining.

CinemaBlend did some research and discovered that George Paige really does have this listed on their upcoming slate of films, so there could be some truth to this....

Shizzle Whizzle, I dunno, but if there is one smart person left in Hollywood let it be the guy that wants to follow-up a much-loved flick like "Starfighter".

 

[bullets]

wooo hoo sequel . I didnt see the first one though

 

[Rac]

The first one was hilarious 80's camp scifi.

 

[CorpusBlack]

IMO it was one of the best scifi films of the 80's that wasn't a Star Wars film or Aliens. Although I can't forget about TRON either.

 

[scifiwolf]

I loved The Last Starfighter. Don't know how I feel about a direct to DVD sequel, but it's got to have better effects than the original!

 

[CorpusBlack]

I'm just glad it's going the route of possible sequel with it's original star as opposed to being reduced to another pointless remake.

 

[danoyse]

The first one was hilarious 80's camp scifi.

You should see the off-Broadway musical version. It wasn't pretty.

 

[Zaed]

Just to tide everyone until the sequel comes out you can download the game which was never released here: http://www.roguesynapse.com/games/last_starfighter.php

 

[CorpusBlack]

Just to tide everyone until the sequel comes out you can download the game which was never released here: http://www.roguesynapse.com/games/last_starfighter.php

THat game was awesome. I was so disappointed back in the day when it was cancelled and we later got an intergalactic sh-tfest on the NES.

 

[GhostPoet]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was hoping they would finally make a sequel!! But I'd only be cool with it as long as the original actor was in it...if he's WITH his son, that's fine too. But the original actor has to be in a strong role.

 

[CorpusBlack]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was hoping they would finally make a sequel!! But I'd only be cool with it as long as the original actor was in it...if he's WITH his son, that's fine too. But the original actor has to be in a strong role.

As long as Alex, Grig and Maggie are in it, I'm sure it'll be awesome.

 

[Rac]

You should see the off-Broadway musical version. It wasn't pretty.

They made a musical out of TLS?! People, people...

 

[CorpusBlack]

They made a musical out of TLS?! People, people...

That'd be something to see.