Warner Bros. Officially Moving Forward with GREMLINS Remake
Earlier this year, it was rumored that Warner Bros. was looking to remake the classic 1984 family horror film Gremlins. I never had a good feeling about this remake, as the first Steven Spielberg-produced and Joe Dante-directed film is a classic.
This movie should never be touched, but according to Bloody-Disgusting the Gremlins remake is officially moving forward and the studio has brought in Seth Grahame-Smith (Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Dark Shadows) to produce the movie alongside David Katzenberg. Smith also recently completed a draft for the studio’s Beetlejuice remake. I assume he'll write Gremlins as well, but it's not confirmed. I thought Dark Shadows had a terrible script, so I'm not the biggest fan of Smith's screenwriting skills. Just because he's written a couple of silly books obviously doesn't mean he's a good screenwriter. I'm not confident in his abilities.
The original story follows a boy who gets a pet Mogwai. There are three rules to follow for this new pet that he inadvertently breaks, and it unleashes a horde of hellish mischievous Gremlins who wreak havoc on a small town.
I wouldn't mind the Gremlins coming back if it was being planned as a sequel, but the fact that it's being completely remade makes me sad.
What do you think about this movie getting remade, and Grahame-Smith developing it?