Nostalgia: It Ain’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be
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Executive producers on “Our Time” include Watson and The Jackal Group’s Gail Berman and Hend Baghdady, as well as Amblin TV’s Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey. Lauren Shuler Donner and the late Richard Donner, the latter of whom directed “The Goonies” for Amblin Entertainment co-founder Steven Spielberg (who, lest we forget, was credited for the film’s story), will also receive executive producer credit.
As /Film’s Chris Evangelista noted when “Our Time” was announced in 2020, the show’s premise bears an uncanny resemblance to that of “Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made,” the well-received 2015 documentary about three childhood friends who reunited after 25 years to finish crafting a shot-for-shot remake of Spielberg’s classic “Raiders of the Lost Ark.” But where that film was praised for telling a poignant true story that didn’t shy away from exploring the dark side of fandom and nostalgia, it seems like “Our Time” is only really interested in portraying nostalgia as an inherent force for good. In this day and age, that doesn’t seem like a great message to be putting out there.
“Our Time” has yet to receive a release date. That being said, if you want to see one of the Goonies back in action, you can catch Ke Huy Quan (who played Data in the original movie) in next year’s bodacious-looking mind trip “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”
Disney+ Snags Rights To New Show About Kids Who Make A Shot-For-Shot Remake Of The Goonies
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By Sandy Schaefer/Dec. 16, 2021 12:22 pm EST
After failing to make it in New York and carrying a heavy secret with her, Stella Cooper returns to her distressed automotive hometown to substitute teach. She finds inspiration, hope and ultimately salvation when she agrees to help three students who are pursuing their filmmaking dreams by putting on an impossibly ambitious shot-for-shot remake of one of their favorite movies —The Goonies. Over the course of the season of the potential series, their passion will inspire a town in desperate need of hope in this love letter to the power of cinema, storytelling and dreams.
Nostalgia: It Ain’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be
Executive producers on “Our Time” include Watson and The Jackal Group’s Gail Berman and Hend Baghdady, as well as Amblin TV’s Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey. Lauren Shuler Donner and the late Richard Donner, the latter of whom directed “The Goonies” for Amblin Entertainment co-founder Steven Spielberg (who, lest we forget, was credited for the film’s story), will also receive executive producer credit.
As /Film’s Chris Evangelista noted when “Our Time” was announced in 2020, the show’s premise bears an uncanny resemblance to that of “Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made,” the well-received 2015 documentary about three childhood friends who reunited after 25 years to finish crafting a shot-for-shot remake of Spielberg’s classic “Raiders of the Lost Ark.” But where that film was praised for telling a poignant true story that didn’t shy away from exploring the dark side of fandom and nostalgia, it seems like “Our Time” is only really interested in portraying nostalgia as an inherent force for good. In this day and age, that doesn’t seem like a great message to be putting out there.
“Our Time” has yet to receive a release date. That being said, if you want to see one of the Goonies back in action, you can catch Ke Huy Quan (who played Data in the original movie) in next year’s bodacious-looking mind trip “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”
As /Film’s Chris Evangelista noted when “Our Time” was announced in 2020, the show’s premise bears an uncanny resemblance to that of “Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made,” the well-received 2015 documentary about three childhood friends who reunited after 25 years to finish crafting a shot-for-shot remake of Spielberg’s classic “Raiders of the Lost Ark.” But where that film was praised for telling a poignant true story that didn’t shy away from exploring the dark side of fandom and nostalgia, it seems like “Our Time” is only really interested in portraying nostalgia as an inherent force for good. In this day and age, that doesn’t seem like a great message to be putting out there.
“Our Time” has yet to receive a release date. That being said, if you want to see one of the Goonies back in action, you can catch Ke Huy Quan (who played Data in the original movie) in next year’s bodacious-looking mind trip “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”
