Forrest Gump 2 would have been loosely based on the 1995 book “Gump & Co.” by Winston Groom, who wrote the original novel upon which the book was based.
We were a lot closer to seeing a Forrest Gump sequel than originally thought.
On the original movie, Eric Roth won the Academy Award for Best Screenplay and he has just revealed that he actually finished the screenplay for a sequel.
Since Forrest Gump was such a huge success, one can imagine that the studio was practically drooling over the idea of a possible sequel.