‘Young Guns’ Cast Reunites as Third Film Waits in the Wings
Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Charlie Sheen and three fellow Regulators gathered at FAN EXPO Dallas nearly four decades after the 1988 Western. The rare reunion also put fresh attention on the quietly pending ‘Young Guns 3.’
Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Charlie Sheen, Lou Diamond Phillips, Dermot Mulroney and Casey Siemaszko reunited at FAN EXPO Dallas during the weekend of September 11–13, 2026. Deadline reported that Phillips marked the gathering on September 13 with a cast photograph and two emphatic words: “F’ing Epic!”
For film readers, the picture carries more than the pleasant jolt of seeing familiar faces together again. Reunions of this group have been rare, and a proposed third film remains somewhere offscreen, announced but not yet riding into town. For one Dallas weekend, though, six men linked by a 1988 Western shared the same frame. Time had passed. The posse still fit in the photograph.
Six ‘Young Guns’ Actors Return to the Same Room
FAN EXPO announced in June that the six actors would appear at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas. A press release carried by Yahoo Finance called it one of the most complete reunions of the film’s cast and promised autographs, professional photographs and special appearances.
Those activities are the practical engine of a fan convention. A movie memory becomes a queue, a handshake and a picture somebody will carry home. Advance one-day admission began at $33, while advance three-day passes began at $99, according to the event announcement. Autographs and professional photos were offered as opportunities, though the release did not state their prices.
Deadline reported that Mulroney posted another group photograph that included Terry O’Quinn. O’Quinn played Alexander McSween in the original film and later became widely known as John Locke on “Lost.” His presence made the gathering a little broader and a little more like someone had opened an old cast list and started calling numbers.
Lou Diamond Phillips Gives the Reunion Its Two-Word Caption
Phillips did not burden the moment with a speech. His post read, “F’ing Epic!” followed by “#YoungGuns” and “#Pals,” according to Deadline.
There is something fitting in the economy of it. Six actors stand together, and the face does most of the work. The original film arrived in 1988, which means the men in that photograph were meeting an audience that has had 38 years to keep the movie, forget parts of it, find it again and bring another generation along.
FAN EXPO executive Andrew Moyes said in the June announcement that people still cheer for the line “Regulators, mount up.” That is the event organizer speaking, with tickets to sell, but the reunion itself gives the claim a human shape. The people who once filled the screen now stand shoulder to shoulder while phones record the return.
‘Young Guns 3’ Remains Announced but Quiet
The Dallas appearance also arrives beside an unfinished piece of business. Deadline reported that Estevez appeared with New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham in January 2025 and announced plans to direct “Young Guns 3: Dead or Alive” in New Mexico, where the first two films were shot.
