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Steven Spielberg has reflected on his efforts to stop an E.T.
sequel from being made.
was released back in 1982, starring Drew Barrymore, Henry Thomas, Peter Coyote, and Dee Wallace.
“That was a real hard-fought victory because I didn’t have any rights.
I didn’t have that.
I got it after E.T.
because of its success.”
But, Spielberg did consider a sequel at one point.
“I just did not want to make a sequel.
’s home,” he added.
“We were all going to be able to go to E.T.
’s home and see how E.T.
But it was better as a novel than I think it would have been as a film.”
