“That was a real hard-fought victory” – Steven Spielberg on what it took to prevent sci-fi classic E.T. getting a sequel | Gaming

There almost could have been an E.T. sequel, but luckily its director Steven Spielberg fought hard to make sure that didn’t happen.

I think we all know that it’s pretty rare that sequels justify themselves. It happens on occasion, sure, on even rarer occasions they end up better than the first one! But, for the most part, it’s better to just leave films at one and done to save us all the heartbreak. E.T. is one such film that I could never imagine getting a sequel, but as it turns out at one point in time the powers that be wanted one. “That was a real hard-fought victory because I didn’t have any rights,” Spielberg said in reference to preventing an E.T. sequel while speaking as part of the TCM Classic Film Festival: New York Pop-Up x 92NY event. (via The…

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