Spielberg: There will never be an 'ET' sequel

Director Steven Spielberg has ruled out plans to make a sequel to kids' movie classic 'ET', insisting it's "a closed story".

The filmmaker was reported to be in talks with the movie's star Drew Barrymore, who featured when she was just six years old, to reunite her character Gertie with her extraterrestrial friend in a new installment of the picture, 27 years after the original.

But Spielberg has already dismissed the notion, telling Empire magazine: "I'm never going to make 'ET II' - 'ET' is a closed story.

"It had a beginning, middle and a definite ending, and we had nowhere to take it except to go home with him. Nor did I want to bring him back to Earth for a second time."