The Woman Who Taught the Goonies

Rediscoverthe89s.com has posted an article about Rhoda C. Fine, a studio teacher for over 30 years who worked with such actors as Elijah Wood, Reese Witherspoon, Michael Cera, and the cast of The Goonies. The article includes a sampling of a treasure trove of photos from Ms. Fine's website.

Rhoda Fine and the Goonies on set

Josh Brolin, Kerri Green and Sean Astin

Sean Astin in Corey Feldman's Ascension Millennium video

Sean Astin appears in fellow Goonie Corey Feldman's new music video "Ascension Millennium." The video was filmed in one continuous take. Watch below and keep an eye out for Goonies props! Can you spot them all?



Here's an animated gif from MTVNews on Tumblr!

Photos from Corey's TMNT recording session

Corey Feldman took these photos of Sean Astin during a recording session for Nickelodeon's "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" last week. Note the ghostly Corey in the background!

For more on on how Sean's fellow Goonie Corey is joining him on Turtles, see this article.

Goonies take over Turtles!

As reported by TVGuide.com, Goonie Corey Feldman ("Mouth") is joining Sean Astin ("Mikey") on the Nickelodeon animated series "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles," which airs Saturdays at 11am ET. Corey is already familiar with the reptilian franchise—he voiced Donatello in two TMNT movies in the early 90s. In fact, he had also auditioned for the new show to be Raphael, the role that Sean won. (And just to bring things full circle, Donatello is now voiced by Rob Paulsen, who was Raphael in the first TMNT show!)

"If it was anyone else I would have taken it harder, but I love Sean," said Corey, who lost the role because his voice was too "raspy." Still, executive producer Ciro Nieli promised to find a way to get Corey on the show. Exactly how he did that is still a secret.

"His role is a perfect complement to his relationship with Sean," said Ciro. "It couldn't be any better." The plan is to bring Corey back for several episodes.

 "The coolest part is it's two Goonies working together again after all these years," Corey said. "Which is crazy, because we're all such good friends."

Of course, the question arises of whether or not there will be a Goonies 2.

"It will happen," Sean said. "I'm 1000 percent certain there will be a sequel. I will bet my children on it."

Corey is more cautious. "Oh my God," he says. "I am betting no child on this matter."

Read the complete article here.

Sean and Corey at screening of The Goonies at San Diego Comic Con last July. Source

The Hobbit and Goonies trailer mashup

A brilliantly done mashup of The Hobbit trailer and The Goonies!

More Sean videos from San Diego Comic Con!

First up, a brief interview at the Profiles in History booth where Sean talks about his assorted Comic Con activities, his political webcast Vox Populi and #Run3rd.



Also, the full video from the Alphas panel at Comic Con is now available. Sean is introduced at about 27:10 and talks about his character Mitchell, and at about 44:30 producer Bruce Miller and Sean discuss the downsides of Mitchell's abilities.

Hi-res Pics from Surprise Goonies Reunion

Sgt Pepper, Sean and Jeff ;-)

Sean introduces little Turtle sister Mae to Corey.

Source

Surprise Goonies reunion at SD Comic Con!

There was a surprise Goonies reunion at the Flixter's sponsored free outdoor screening of The Goonies last night, when Sean Astin (Mikey), Corey Feldman (Mouth) and Jeff Cohen (Chunk) showed up to intro the movie!

Here are a few blurry pics, plus a couple others from yesterday. More to follow!

By @katpf

Sean Astin is convinced there will be a new Goonies

There are no definite plans yet, but Sean Astin is convinced there will be a new Goonies of some kind!

Watch Sean in Hollywood Treasure here!

(Cost to view: $1.99) Sean's segment begins at about 24:30.

Sean on Hollywood Treasure today!

Don't miss the season 2 premiere of Hollywood Treasure tonight, 10pm ET on SyFy! Sean shows off Samwise Gamgee's pots and pans, a Goonies doubloon, and host Joe Maddalena restores Rudy's Notre Dame helmet! What else might we see??

Astin has long collected mementos from his films—everything from the One-Eyed Willie treasure map from The Goonies to the backs of the director's chairs with his name on them. (His wife Christine keeps most of it "nicely tucked away" in a storage locker.) One of his favorite items, though, isn't technically from a movie: It's all the Lord of the Rings fan art sent to him over the years. "I have tons of poems and drawings and songs and DVDs, little dolls dressed up as Samwise," he says. "I feel like it’s wrong to throw that away."

Read more of Inside TV's great exclusive interview with Sean and watch the sneak peak video.

ForceCast interview with Sean at C2E2

Jason Swank and Jimmy "Mac" McInerney of ForceCast.net, a Star Wars focused podcast site, interviewed Sean at C2E2 two weeks ago. They talked in depth about the expected topics: Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Rudy and Goonies, but some unexpected anecdotes and tidbits came out!

It's a great interview!

Listen here. Sean's interview starts at about 27:30. Stay for the post interview discussion of #run3rd and Sean's autobiography "There and Back Again: An Actor's Tale"!

Sean Astin on Covino & Rich talks The Goonies sequel

This is a short clip from Sean's appearance on the Covino & Rich Show on Sirius XM Radio today.

Sean Astin calls in UK radio show

Sean called into the Christian O'Connell Breakfast Show on Absolute Radio in the UK last night, hoping to win money for the Make a Film Foundation.

He defends his character of Lynn McGill on "24," talks about how fun it was making "The Goonies," how working on "The Lord of the Rings" brought out the best in everyone, why "Back to the Future" is one of his favorite movies of the 80s, and other topics.

It's a lovely interview.

Listen here

Please note there may be an opportunity to vote for Sean as the favorite 80s star interview of the week to benefit the Make a Film Foundation. I'll post more information about that later if Sean is a finalist!

Second week of "Amazing Love" filming

Today is the last day of on-location filming for "Amazing Love" in the Arrowhead Lake region. They've been doing both day and night-shoots, and have found some interesting ways to relax between the two. One evening, cast and crew watched "The Goonies" together, and later, Sean Astin (who as Mikey was Goonie #2) swore them in as official members of the Goondocks!

Scriptwriter Greg Mitchell provided a little more information on the story:

This is not just an adaptation of the Hosea story. In fact, it's crouched within a modern day context. In the film, we follow Stuart [Sean's character], a youth group leader who takes his teens on a camping trip. There they deal with strife within the group and Stuart begins to share the story of Hosea's love—a lesson that will impact all the kids. 

The Hosea portions of the movie will be shot in Israel with a whole new cast/characters. Sean's telling the story of Hosea, so it's almost like two movies in one. During the Hosea portions, it cuts back to Sean quite a bit, but he won't actually be in those "flashback" sequences.

This is a far cry from Greg's usual genre, which runs more towards the spooky! Check out his blog: http://www.thecomingevil.blogspot.com/

Here are some more on-set photos, taken by cast and crew.

Erin Bethea, Sean Astin

Goonies never say die! A prequel?

The rumors that there will be a sequel to the classic kids' adventure movie of the 80s, The Goonies, have been around for several years. There's even been talk of a broadway musical, with a treatment written by Tim Long, who has created musical episodes for The Simpsons, including "Elementary School Musical," which guest starred cast members from Glee.

Well now there's a rumor of a prequel in the works. The story would be based on the adventures of a young Chester Copperpot. (If you've seen The Goonies, you know what ultimately happens to him, a fate that could cast a pall over a new endeavor!) Sean Astin is rumored to narrate the movie, if it ever happens.

But Goonies never say die, so it may come to pass! Let's hope so, for little Mikey's sake!

Top 10 lists

Sean's movies frequently make it into assorted top ten lists. Here are just a few examples, and a new surprising top 10, with video examples!

The Goonies:
Top 10 kids movies that adults will love
Top 10 movies of the 80s
Top 10 movies to see before you die

Rudy:

Top 10 movies to see before going to college

Top 10 movies based on true stories that are b*llsh*t

Top 10 movies that make men cry
Top 10 football movies
Top 10 motivational movies
Top 10 sports movies #1! also in New Orleans

Memphis Belle:
Top 5 dogfight movies

The Lord of the Rings:
Just #1, no references needed; no arguments, please! ;-)

But here's one I didn't expect to see:
Top 10 coolest runners in movies with Sean Astin as #2 for Toy Soldiers!

This dude can flat out run. I’m amazed at the speed that some actors, usually the shorter ones, can generate in their short strides. Astin sells himself as an action hero here, something that may have seemed ridiculous at the time (and may still to some). He’s got my vote, I wish we’d have gotten more action roles out of him.

Here's the scene the blogger uses to prove his point:



I think Sean also does some pretty nice running in Rudy!



By the way, he ran in the LA Marathon in 2010!