Cameron Crowe not making 'Say Anything' sequel

Cameron Crowe is not making a sequel to his 1989 teen comedy Say Anything.

The director denied the rumours which began after he admitted recently that he had thought about bringing the central characters back.

Crowe told IFC: "I was very surprised that got picked up and repeated so many times. It's a personal thing for me, that movie.

"It's probably my favourite thing I've ever done. And the last thing I would ever dream of doing is touching something that I feel so proud about in any way.

"I just love the characters and I was sort of musing out loud with this really cool person that had asked the question."

Say Anything saw John Cusack's under-achieving character Lloyd Dobler hopelessly chasing school honors roll student Diane Court, played by Ione Skye, before she goes to college.

Crowe did say that he was interested in doing a small project related to the film.

He added: "I love Mike Cameron (Jason Gould), I love the poor drunk that they drive home on the night of the grad party.

"As a writer, there's just more there that I always thought, 'Well someday'. Maybe it's just a short story. Maybe it's a miniature kind of thing that I write someday."

The director's next narrative feature is We Bought a Zoo, which centres on a man who moves his family across the country to restore a zoo.

Watch the trailer for the original Say Anything below: