Someone call up Star Magic Jackson Jr., because a script for Gremlins 3 is reportedly on Steven Spielberg‘s desk.
While appearing at Comic-Con Manchester last week, Gremlins (1984) and Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) star Zach Galligan gave an update on the long-awaited threequel to the Joe Dante-helmed Christmas creature features.
“After 35 years, they’ve come up with a script,” said Galligan in a TikTok clip. “Warner Bros. is incredibly interested in doing it, apparently it’s waiting on Mr. Spielberg to read it and approve it.”
The actor credited “the success” of last year’s Beetlejuice Beetlejuice for getting Warner Bros. onboard for another installment of Gremlins.
Although it’s currently unknown who is writing the followup, OG screenwriter Christopher Columbus told Vanity Fair “that stuff is in my DNA” while reflecting on the film. “We had a lot of things that didn’t make the final script,” he added.
Since Columbus didn’t return for The New Batch, which was penned by Charles S. Haas, perhaps some of his ideas could make it to the screen this time around.
Starring Galligan, Phoebe Cates and Corey Feldman, Gremlins is about teenager Billy (Galligan), whose father gifts him a mysterious furry creature called a mogwai from Chinatown shop. With the ability to duplicate and turn into the titular monstrous creatures, the gremlins begin terrorizing Billy’s small town.
Produced by Warner Bros. Animation and Spielberg’s Amblin Television, an animated prequel series premiered on HBO Max in 2023.
