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The Last Starfighter
It's probably been a decade or more since I've last watched the arcadey sci-fi flick, The Last Starfighter. The film, released in 1984, was so '80s that it was ridiculous... ly... good. A kid who is good with an arcade joystick gets picked up to literally help another race save the galaxy. It's like when South Park's Kenny gets recruited to help Angels with his PSP skills.
Did Trey Parker and Matt Stone borrow the idea? I digress...
While the idea has been suggested before, I never imagined we'd have a Last Starfighter sequel in the works without tons of hype before hand. According to CinemaBlend, the sequel, Son of the Starfighter, has remained under the radar.
Sequel in the Works for The Last Starfighter
I’ve heard vague rumblings in recent years that a sequel might be in the works, and now it looks like it’s actually happening. It is currently on the production schedule for a company called George Paige and Associates, and they list it as being distributed by Warner Brothers and Universal Pictures. Tonight I got an email from a scooper going by the name of ZondoDon, who claims that not only is it on the schedule, it’s about to start shooting next month.
He adds: “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.” A teenage Guest starred in the original movie, so if they really are pursuing a Son of the Starfighter plot, it makes sense that they’d want him back… assuming of course any of Zondo’s scoop is true.
Check out the entire report on The Last Starfighter sequel at Cinemablend.
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