AI Creates Script for "Forrest Gump 2" Where Forrest Travels Across 2010s America

The film "Forrest Gump" ended so perfectly and poignantly that a sequel seemed unnecessary. The story reached its natural conclusion.

Still, the sequel idea kept surfacing — including in the book "Gump and Co.," written by Winston Groom. But what if we forgot the book version and tried to imagine "Forrest Gump 2" from scratch? That's exactly what one of the most popular AI systems — ChatGPT — did. And its version surprises with unexpected warmth.

The Plot According to ChatGPT

More than ten years have passed. Forrest (Tom Hanks) lives in Alabama, raising his son (Haley Joel Osment) — just as kind and peculiar as he once was.

Actor Tom Hanks with long hair and a beard stands wearing a red cap — Tom Hanks in "Forrest Gump"

The boy heads off to college, leaving Forrest alone. To keep his sense of purpose, he starts traveling — again. This time through America of the 2000s and 2010s: hurricanes, elections, financial crises.

Along the way, he accidentally becomes a YouTube star, inspires startup founders, befriends Iraq veterans, and once accidentally invests in cryptocurrency without even understanding what it is.

Meanwhile, Forrest writes letters to the late Jenny — about their son, about himself, about this strange, fast-moving world. Sometimes with humor, more often with that same simple-hearted sincerity that's so hard to fake in movies.

The ending is modest: Forrest opens a running club for children with special needs and suddenly realizes he has purpose again.

Should They Make a Second Part?

Yes, this is just a hypothesis. But it reminds us again why the first part worked: not because of special effects (though that too), but because of kindness, warmth, and the ability to see life a little differently.

Maybe we don't need "Forrest Gump 2." But if it ever happens — we at zoomboola.com would want it to be exactly like this.