Cocoon: The Return
"Journey to the most wonderful place in the universe... home."
The reinvigorated elderly group that left Earth comes back to visit their relatives. Will they all decide to go back to the planet where no one grows old, or will they be tempted to remain on Earth?
Directed by Daniel Petrie
Written by: Stephen McPherson, David Saperstein
Produced by: David Brown, Richard D. Zanuck, Lili Fini Zanuck
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