Ben Affleck and Matt Damon immediately shut down Good Will Hunting 2 pitch
Guess we'll never know what happens after he went to see about the girl. (Good!)
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While we all love to check up on our favorite characters from time to time, some movies (many, many movies actually) simply do not need a sequel—especially films with (in this writer’s opinion) a perfect plot and a perfect ending like Good Will Hunting. We all know the best part of Ben Affleck’s character’s day is the 10 seconds he thinks he’ll never have to see Will again. Hasn’t the guy been through enough already?
Luckily, the minds behind the movie are as smart as the character they created and shut that possibility down before it was even really a possibility. (How could you possibly do a Good Will Hunting movie without the late, great Robin Williams? Or Elliott Smith, for that matter?) On the red carpet for the collaborators’ newest project, Air, Matt Damon revealed that Ben Affleck had received a “serious” pitch for a “flat-out sequel” to Good Will Hunting as recently as the past few days.
“I shit you not, that happened,” Damon said through laughter. “He told me today. It’s top of my mind because he’s like, ‘you’re not gonna believe what I heard.”
Affleck was, of course, immediately questioned about the absurd proposition and revealed that A) we really weren’t supposed to know about that in the first place (oops!) and B) it’s absolutely not going to happen.
“Matt is always telling stories that he should not be telling. [The sequel] is not one we’re going to pursue,” Affleck said before attempting to give a summary of the pitch that he couldn’t even finish.
While we may never know the details of this person’s fan-fiction version of Will and Skylar cavorting around California, Damon assured his interviewer that there would be more ridiculous pitches coming soon. (And with his track record, we’ll likely hear about almost all of them.) “Now that we have a studio, ask me next year,” he said. “I’m gonna have even better ones for you!”
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Skylar? We all know she started Theranos.
But the door is still open for Good Will Hunting 3, so pitch away!
Seeing them both laughing over this actually made my morning.
Not to mention it was already a joke in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.
“How do you like THEM apples?”
“And how do you like those very same apples, Eggers?!”
“Punch it, ho-bag!”
Applesauce Bitch!
“I’m busy, Ben. Busy, busy.”
I like that even the word “suck” is bleeped.
You have to be careful about jokes, a fake Madea film poster in a movie ended up turning into an actual film!https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boo!_A_Madea_Halloween
“Applesauce, bitch” As stupid as that film is, I still love it.
Um, actually, Good Will Hunting 2 has already been made…
“Haaaaaaavad.” So we don’t get to here that wonderful accent again? Such a shame. Or see if anyone else could win an Oscar by growing a beard? Boo.
If they had followed up immediately, it could have been about his road trip to CA. And ends just as he crosses the state line. There would have been cuts to interludes where Affleck is reminiscing about the good pal as he works construction.
Spoiler alert: She marries Lars Ulrich.It’s true! Look it up on the internet!
Matt Damon…always a little rich bitch.
Good Will Hunting: Electric Boogaloo
I would watch a Rounders sequel
Phantoms II: Let’s Melt Again Like We Did Last Summer
Phantoms was actually a good book. It didn’t deserve this!
Teddy KGB has moved on to Oreo Thins since his doctor told him he had pre-diabetes. Unfortunately, that means he never bluffs anymore because he always wants another one.
Damon’s mentioned it several times that they’re “Trying to figure it out.” He definitely seems interested in doing it
This is the proper response to all suggestions to read someone’s fan fiction. Laugh in the person’s face. Do your best to humiliate them. It may hurt in the short run, but you’re doing them a favor.
I’m confused, they already made a sequel to Good Will Hunting, it’s called The Bourne Identity
I like your ideas and wish to subscribe to your podcast!
The podcast is also cursed.
That’s bad.
Just take out the first space in the title and make the sequel about hunting for bargains at a local thrift shop.I’m sure Macklemore & Ryan Lewis are available for theme song writing duties.