Deadline is reporting that Warner Bros. has hired a new screenwriter to pen the reboot to classic 1980’s horror-comedy Gremlins.
Carl Ellsworth, who has written the upcoming Goosebumps film, is a consistent writer in Hollywood and has penned the scripts for films such as Disturbia and the remake to The Last House on the Left. He will work from a previous draft by Seth Grahame-Smith (Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter).
A mooted remake/reboot of Gremlins has been mooted for many years, with many rumours at one point or another pointing to a sequel rather than a remake, but now it seems Warner’s are set on refreshing the franchise which has laid dormant since 1990’s Gremlins 2: The New Batch.
The original screenwriter of Gremlins, Chris Columbus, was previously in talks to direct but will know just produce the film, alongside the original film’s executive producer Steven Spielberg.
What do you all think of the news of a Gremlins reboot? A good idea, or another example of Hollywood running out of fresh ideas? Let us know what you think in the comments below.
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Originally published April 9, 2015. Updated April 13, 2018.
