Why hasn't Spielberg made a sequel to Close Encounters of the third kind???

Some humans went with the aliens at the end of 3rd Kind.

...they never came back.

not much material for a sequel.

what if they come back?????????

I'm glad, keep it a classic.

with all the special effects we have now????

Could be awesome

Just no. Like when they talk of a Blade Runner sequel. Or another Indianan Jones.

They already did! You Mandela effect people.

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Blade runner sequel is in production

no that was a bad joke and had nothing to do with speilberg

The original screenplay was written by Paul Schrader and he wanted it to be quasi-religious like Saul/Paul on the road to Damascus. Spielberg wanted it to be more simplistic, "Steven, I don't want the first guy to go to another world to open a McDonald's," Schrader said, "That's exactly what I want!" and then Schrader left the project.

Spielberg came very close to getting Steve McQueen to star but McQueen said although he'd love to do other couldn't because he can't cry on film as Neary does at the end.

A film about Neary returning would be tricky. Dreyfuss isn't a big name anymore and alien films have been done to death although it would be great to see a serious film about benign aliens. I'm surprised no one has ever made a "space brothers" type film, the aliens are akmost always nefarious.

I'm surprised Spielberg never revisited E.T.

CE3 part 2 would be great

IF it were made in the style of the time.

Nowadays, sequels turn out dark and warring. (compare Independence Day 1 & 2)

Signs of the times.