Warner Brothers Planning a Gremlins Reboot?

Posted by on January 17th, 2013   Filed under: Comedy, Horror, Remakes, Rumours
Source: Vulture

As Hollywood studios continue to search for well-known ’80s franchises to dust off, Joe Dante’s Gremlins has come up a few times in recent years, thanks in part to a BT Business commercial that aired in 2008. A couple of years ago there were reports that Gremlins 3 was being explored as a possible 3-D blockbuster but it didn’t seem to get beyond the idea stage. Last year producer Frank Marshall stated in an interview that he didn’t think another Gremlins flick would happen and that the existing movies “should just rest where they are.” Well, perhaps he spoke too soon because this week we’re hearing that a Gremlins movie is on the verge of heading back in development, and this time around it won’t be a sequel, but rather a reboot.

According to Vulture, Warner Brothers is currently holding talks with Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment about the possibility of rebooting Gremlins. We know that Gremlins can’t be remade without Amblin’s permission and that some previous attempts failed because they could not meet Spielberg’s demands (financial or otherwise). However, word on the street is that the deal may be a lot closer to happening this time.

It’s interesting that yet another Spielberg-related project has popped up on the radar following the news that Robopocalypse was put on hold. Unlike Jurassic Park 4, he only executive produced the original so it seems unlikely that he would want to direct this himself. However, it’s definitely possible that he would want to retain some form of involvement. Are you interested in a Gremlins reboot or does this sound like a bad idea?

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  • Bob

    I’d be more interested in a third movie than a reboot. Do something creative with the world but don’t retell the story in a modern setting, that’s the least interesting of the possibilities to me.

  • https://twitter.com/#!/ripplesdip James

    I have to say, I never saw what the Gremlins appeal was. I may have been just that bit old for it when it came out in Theaters. Same with the “Goonies”…which I think came out at a similar time?

  • Xidor

    Let’s hope the reboot doesn’t spoil Santa Claus like the first one does. I was pissed when I watched this movie with my kids. Phoebe Cates says that she learned Santa Claus didn’t exist when her dad died in the chimney. Her story had nothing to do with the plot. They should have left that out of a kids movie.

  • Steve

    Children still innocent enough to believe in Santa Claus probably aren’t ready for Gremlins. I honestly have no memory of when I stopped believing in Santa or if I ever really did believe. I did see Gremlins when I was about 7 in theaters and loved it. Her story had a lot to do with her character development and I loved the way it was parodied in Gremlins 2.

    I’m not sure if a re-boot would work so well. The sequel was pretty much panned even though it was pretty creative. Plot-holes are criticized so much these days and you can’t take the Gremlins concept so seriously.

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