Joe Dante on the Gremlins 3 holdup

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While Gremlins director Joe Dante has absolutely nothing to do with the next film, he does know why Warner Bros. Pictures and writer/producer Chris Columbus are having such a hard time getting it into production.

“I probably have less information to give you than anybody because I am not involved with it, I don’t control the material, it’s reverted back to Chris Columbus who wrote the script for the first movie,” Dante tells Forbes. “They have plans to do something but what Chris wants to do may not be what Warner wants to do and it’s not just Warner it’s also a lot of other people like Amblin and Steven Spielberg – everyone has to agree on what they want to do and at this point nobody is going to figure that out.”

What Dante is saying is that there are too many cooks in the kitchen, all who probably shouldn’t be fed after midnight. This is a huge red flag. Too many opinions and ideas injected into one project could result in a disaster. Even worse is that this is all taking place before they assign a director, who is likely going to have to deal with all of the aforementioned egos. Yikes.

As for whether it will be a sequel, Dante actually thinks it could be a prequel, although he made sure to note he has no real insight into the ongoing development.

“I think the reuniting of the cast is highly unlikely,” he added. “Perhaps a Gremlins prequel might be something they will do but I don’t know as I was not asked to be involved.”

What would you guys like out of a new Gremlins? A remake, sequel, prequel, or something else entirely?