Editing Forrest Gump (section)

=== Novel-sequel ===
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The screenplay for the sequel was written by [[Eric Roth]] in 2001. It is based on the original novel's sequel, ''[[Gump and Co.]]'', written by Winston Groom in 1995. Roth's script begins with Forrest sitting on a bench waiting for his son to return from school. After the [[September 11 attacks]], Roth, Zemeckis, and Hanks decided the story was no longer "relevant."<ref name="911Relevant">{{cite news |last=Sciretta |first=Peter |title=9/11 Killed the Forrest Gump Sequel |publisher=/Film |date=December 7, 2008 |url=https://slashfilm.com/2008/12/07/911-killed-the-forrest-gump-sequel/ |access-date=October 21, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100109162417/http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/12/07/911-killed-the-forrest-gump-sequel/ |archive-date=January 9, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In March 2007, however, it was reported Paramount producers took another look at the screenplay.<ref name="2007Sequel"/>

On the first page of the sequel novel, Forrest Gump tells readers "Don't never let nobody make a movie of your life's story," and "Whether they get it right or wrong, it doesn't matter."<ref name="GumpCo">{{cite book|last=Groom|first=Winston|title=Gump & Co.|publisher=[[Pocket Books]]|year=1996|page=[https://archive.org/details/gumpco00wins_0/page/1 1]|isbn=978-0-671-52264-3|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/gumpco00wins_0/page/1}}</ref> The first chapter of the book suggests the real-life events surrounding the film have been incorporated into Forrest's storyline, and that Forrest got a lot of media attention as a result of the film.<ref name="MoviesBook" /> During the course of the sequel novel, Gump runs into Tom Hanks and at the end of the novel in the film's release, includes Gump going on ''[[Late Show with David Letterman|The David Letterman Show]]'' and attending the [[Academy Awards]].