Forrest Gump Gets A Sequel

By Josh Tyler: 2007-03-07 00:10:43

It’s been thirteen years since Forrest Gump first ran into theaters, and now it looks like America’s favorite chocolate loving mental deficient may be back for a sequel. Forrest Gump II isn’t a new idea, Paramount has been kicking it around since the original movie made a bajillion dollars, and in 2001 they even hired Forrest Gump writer Eric Roth to pen a sequel screenplay.

An absolutely reliable, unfortunately anonymous source, contacted me tonight with the latest scoop on Forrest’s impending return. It seems that old 2001 Eric Roth screenplay is being dragged out of development hell for another look by Gump producers Steve Tisch and Wendy Finerman. Remember that the first Forrest Gump movie was based on a novel by Winston Groom. Roth’s sequel script was based on Groom’s followup novel, “Gump & Co”. “Gump & Co” takes place several years after “Forrest Gump” and finds Forrest’s shrimping business failed and Jenny dead, leaving Forrest a single unemployed father. As you’d expect, Gump still stumbles through more important historical events. In this case it’s a cavalcade of history from the 80s and 90s. He even meets Tom Hanks.

So, why didn’t Paramount make this five years ago when Roth first wrote the script? Apparently the project got bogged down in a big legal tiff between Groom, the book’s original author, and the studio. Groom claimed he wasn’t properly paid for Forrest Gump, and so refused to sell them the sequel rights to his other book. Evidently they’ve now worked it out.

The truly important question here is whether or not Tom Hanks will return. Our source says Finerman and Tisch are talking to him, but there’s nothing definitive yet. It is however likely that Gary Sinise will be back as Forrest’s battle damaged buddy Lt. Dan. If Tom can’t be talked into it, will they replace him? Word is they want this in theaters within the next couple of years, so while it’s possible, let’s hope they’re smart enough to scrap it if he’s not interested. No one does a better potty dance.

UPDATE! We've recently received an email from author Winston Groom, who asserts that the rumors of a feud between he and Paramount are completely false. He says, "There was never any "feud" between me and Paramount Pictures that caused any delay in making a movie of Gump & Company, a sequel to Forrest Gump. Hell, the studio bought the sequel a paid me a ton of dough even before it came out, and they then owned it, as they still do, and can make it a movie anytime they damn well please."

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Drew
November 24, 2008 at 14:56

Forest Gump is a ONE and ONLY classic movie wich this movie is great for anyone any age really and is my favorite movie of all times. Besides if there was a sequel and the Bubba Gump Shrimp co. did go downhill and he was an unemployed single father that was broke, it wouldnt make ne sense. See Lt Dan had them invested in some sort of fruit company (Apple Computers) so Lt Dan said They aint gotta worry about money no more Gump said Thats good one less thing. Since Apple Computers is now like a multi billion dollar corporation wich turned Gump into a kazillionare he cut that grass for free lol. neways the end of the movie doesnt lead up to nething thats plausible for a sequel. This movie is to good to be ruined by a sequel.

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Fishh
November 19, 2008 at 15:15

Make a 2nd one!
just make sure same people are in it!
ohh && lets speed up the damm process haha.

thanks :)

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Tolend
November 19, 2008 at 11:01

They are waiting for a while.
Expect it to be released around the 20th anniversary of the first with a story ongoing from the end of the first to 2010 or so. Will be good.

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Mellisa
October 28, 2008 at 10:35

I LOVED FOREST GUMP!!! never newe it was a book until reading this page.. xXx

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GABELITO
October 19, 2008 at 18:32

THEY TRIED TO MAKE A SEQUEL TO THE MOVIE BIG AND TOM POLITELY DECLINED. HE WILL DECLINE THIS ONE ASWELL.

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Harry Babe
August 28, 2008 at 21:23

Drill Sergeant: Gump! What's your sole purpose in this army?
Forrest Gump: to do what you tell me, drill sergeant!
Drill sergeant: God damn it, Gump! Your a god damn genius! This is the most outstanding answer I've ever heard! You must have a god damn IQ of 160. You are god damn gifted Private Gump.

he he.. luv it!!

but seriously. pls dont make a forest gump sequel. gah! lt.dan was an angry fuktard all the way thru the movie and then finally at the end he was clearly happy.. wy wud he fuk ova forest! it makes no sense.. i will personally gun down the entire set if it gets made

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Bear
August 6, 2008 at 03:15

please do not atempt... it would suck... If Tom Hanks has any brains... which he does... he will leave the classic alone.

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ColorblindMonk
June 10, 2008 at 22:50

NO!No---nononononononononOOOOOoooo. Uh-uh. No way. NNOOOOoooo. NO!No. Nonono.... No.

This one doesn't need a sequel. It's fine. Please. No.

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Sean
June 10, 2008 at 00:24

Forrest Gump is my favorite movie of all time, nothing else even comes close. I would love to see gump on screen again.
Having said that, Gump & Co. was, in my opinion, the biggest piece of dogsh*t I have ever subjected my mind to. It was truly appalling and I implore all of you to go out and pick it up so you can see what an author who doesn't give a sweet baker's f*ck does to his characters. Buy second hand or off ebay or something so the genius who wrote it doesn't get paid. Burn it when you're finished, don't let your kids read it, it will melt their eyes.

I think, as much as I want to see a sequel, we are better off just leaving this one alone, and enjoying the original for the brilliant film that it is.

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Thomas
May 31, 2008 at 23:26

Hey Producers, I agree with Everything Justin has to say below.
"If Zemeckis and Speilberg are on board with Tom Hanks and Gary Sinise and Haley Joel Osment as his son ."It can work.
I also think Jenny should come back from the Dead using Genetic engineering and that they should have a pet dinosaur named "Bubbah" and that Bubbah Should also come back from the dead and sue Forest and Lutenant Dan for steeling his shrimping boat idea,
Then I think Lutenant Dan should run Bubbah over with his wheel chair , killing him which I think should result in the
Genetic engineering reanimation of Bubbah once again, or actually a WHOLE ARMY OF BUBBAHS!!!!! And then They are sent to Iraq With a whole CGI army of Forests and Forest Juniors, but not to fight, to create Peace and play Ping Pong once again but this time, the Old Forest Gumps should play Ping Pong against The Forest Gump Juniors (Osment) and each game should somehow result in death and then even more reanimated tissue by Genetic engineering. Robin Wright has got to be back as Jenny, I love Jenny, and I think Robin Wright should be naked through out the entire movie and that Sean Penn should play an Army Lutenant named Lutenant Fran but he should get killed LEAVING NO DNA BEHIND after the first scene.
As for the soundtrack? The Feelies, all the way through!

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Ashleigh
May 29, 2008 at 18:54

I was shocked when I heard that there could be a sequal!!! Forest Gump, is to me, the best movie of that decade. I honestly do not see how anyone could continue writing where the first one left off, and the sequal be just as good... I hope the sequal is just as good or at least extremely close. Because it would be a major disappointment and a sad let down if it was not... I am anxious and looking forward to seeing it...

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Katherine
May 11, 2008 at 23:30

I think you should make a sequal to this movie, I enjoy the movie and all it's antics! I think this movie would have a great sequal.

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Fergus Bumpaw
May 10, 2008 at 15:23

Zemekis, Roth & Hanks made a silk purse from Winston Groom's sow's ear. It won't be duplicated, especially with the new sow's ear from Groom and without Hanks.

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Sammo
May 2, 2008 at 03:57

Keep in mind...the original movie strayed FAR from the original book. So it would not be out of the realm of possibility to make a sequel that strays from the second book. But I do agree...Tom Hanks has gotta be in it. I mean, the sequel is already gonna be missing Sally Field, Mikelti Williamson, and Robin Wright. And as much as I love Gary Sinise he cannot carry a film on his back...he's a supporting actor. So ya gotta have Hanks.

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LetoZhen
April 26, 2008 at 15:46

Its going to be hard to make a FG 2 because the first one was such a success, It would be hard to add up to the success and fame of FG. Because of all the great moments, qoutes and just the whole story.

However i would very much enjoy to see a sequal...but if Tom hanks is missing it would be complete crap! he is the heart of it. When someone says Tom hanks you reply or think with "ah yeah thats the guy who played Forrest gump". He's very well know for it. And if you think its going to be crap don't bother to watch it. Its quite simple...even though it could be hard to avoid it somehow.

Good luck with it! But we all know it will never be as great as the first but that doesn't mean they shouldn't attempt it. Unless Tom Hanks is missing of course...

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Bubba
April 23, 2008 at 16:12

In Gump and Co, it is very sad to see that Forrest messes everything instead of being lucky like in the original. It leaves a bad taste. Forrest is truly stupid and Lt. Dan is a mean crook. A great job at deconstructing. If there is a Gump II movie, Tom Hanks must be Forrest and it *must* not be based on the Gump and Co novel. Only then it has a chance to work.

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Forrest Gump
April 1, 2008 at 00:48

I GOTTA GO FIND BUBBA!!!!

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lilfrankywilding
March 8, 2008 at 02:17

bugger rudock is set to play gump!

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asdfg
March 3, 2008 at 17:33

the first is always the best so don't try to make a second and fail

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Dallas
February 24, 2008 at 17:20

I would see Forest Gump 2. I think they would make a lot of money off of it. If I told all my friends there would be a Forest Gump 2, they would all want to see it, either in theaters or video.

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James
January 13, 2008 at 20:40

Forrest Gump was an truly beauitful film which had a rounded ending to it. yes people im not afaird to amit it but i did cry when watching it and reading the book, at the ending of the film when Gumps son gets on the school bus and shorty cuts after that, its one of the fims which maks the Watcher imagine what happend, why spoil it, becuase todays moive makers use far to much special affects.......

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Caitlin
January 3, 2008 at 19:18

DO IT!! I LOVE FORREST GUMP/ TOM HANKS MORE THAN ANY OTHER PERSON IN THE WORLD....THEY SHOULD ONLY MAKE THE MOVIE IF TOM HANKS AGREES TO PLAY THE PART...I THINK THE MOVIE WILL BE AMAZING, AS LONG AS TOM HANKS IS IN IT...I THINK I WATCHED FORREST GUMP 14 TIMES IN THE PAST 9 DAYS....I LOVE THE MOVIE..."MAMA ALWAYS SAID, LIFE WAS LIKE A BOX OF CHOCOLATES, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GONNA GET." WHICH IS TRUE...YOU NEVER KNOW THE OUTCOME OF THE MOVIE IF YOU DONT MAKE IT....SO DO ITTTTTTTT!!!

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Dan
December 25, 2007 at 22:06

I think they should incorporate 911 into the Historical Events. However, that would mean that they would have to write it up to almost 2002. I think they would do a good job of this though, making it a very touching moement.

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Dave
December 20, 2007 at 10:29

Ruuuuuuuuuun, Forest! :D

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bob
December 17, 2007 at 22:17

Id like to see Forest searching for his missing son who is now in Iraq, Lt Dan has sent his only son by his half asian wife to help find Gump jr. Both boys were inlisted men during the first Gulf war and had reinlisted to serve thier country together. Gump jr would be the first man inside the foxhole to bring out Sodamn Insane. Then he and garys boy get to meet the pres. In the meantime Forest who is searching for his missing son meat Dignitaries from all over the world. And in the end they all get to meet the president during his inaugeration..... Sounds like a plan for a good sequel

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