LinkDREW BARRYMORE and director STEVEN SPIELBERG are in talks to make a sequel to Hollywood classic ET.
Barrymore was just six when the original film shot her to fame in 1982 and is desperate resume her role as GERTIE ELLIOT - but only if Spielberg, who directed the first film, agrees to oversee the project.
According to reports the sequel will see ET return to a now grown up Gertie, desperate for help saving his family from extinction.
A Hollywood insider says, "Drew has spoken to Steven about it. Although he thought she was joking at first, he's actually giving it serious thought.
"Drew thinks the world needs another feelgood movie like ET right now and she's prepared to work with Steven to make it happen."