According to Bloody Disgusting, Syfy is in talks to acquire the rights to two cult comedy horrors from the 1980s in the Chiodo brothers’ Killer Klowns from Outer Space and Stephen Herek’s Critters.
The site reports that Syfy is looking to make franchise reboots a part of its new business model, beginning with the upcoming Leprechaun Returns, which is slated to premiere in March 2019.
Unlike 1986’s Critters – which spawned three follow-ups in 1988, 1991 and 1992 – a sequel to Killer Klowns from Outer Space found itself stuck in development hell since the 80s, with the Chiodos still hoping to get a further two movies off the ground as recent as 2016. The Bloody Disgusting report doesn’t state whether they will have any involvement in this new iteration from Syfy, but let’s hope that is the case.
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