Although Gremlins 3 rumours are still continuing to circulate, as of right now, we haven’t heard anything concrete about a possible third installment in this classic ’80s franchise. The closest we’ve come to another Gremlins flick is the BT Business commercial that brought them out of retirement last year. A sequel could still happen (and probably will), but in the meantime, a writer by the name of Marc Haimes is apparently offering his own spin on the family-friendly horror adventure genre.

According to Variety, Paramount has picked up the rights to a spec script written by Haimes called Jitters. The story is described as a “family action pic”, and is drawing comparisons to Gremlins. Haimes was a co-producer on The Legend of Zorro, and has a handful of scripts currently in development including a time travel adventure called Family History and a vampire thriller called Elevator Men. Obviously we don’t know too much about his work at the moment, but if this ends up being anything like Joe Dante’s The Hole, then I’m totally on board. What do you think, would you like to see a third Gremlins flick, or is a Gremlins-inspired original project more appealing?

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