Don’t get too excited just yet, but it looks likeGremlins 3may be a little bit closer to becoming a reality. That is, if we’re to read intoZach Galligan’s latest Twitter postabout the long-discussed sequel that just can’t seem to actually get off the ground. Galligan has been campaigning to get this movie made for a long time and, so far, nothing has materialized. As of late, he’s been calling on the masses to come together and voice their desire forGremlins 3. Has that worked? Is Warner Bros. finally going to pull the trigger and make this thing happen?
Zach Galligan, who stars in bothGremlinsandGremlins 2: The New Batch, took to Twitter recently to, at the very least, try and creatively express his desire todo another movie, but is he actually teasing a new development here? The post features a shot fromGremlins 2: The New Batchwith his character and the loveable Gizmo, along with the caption providing a dialogue taking place between the two. Here’s how the caption reads.
“Gizmo: ‘Dad, I wanna do another movie.’ Me: ‘OK, on one condition. YOU’LL have to do it. No CGI, OK ?’ Gizmo: ‘Neat!’ #MogwaiMonday #Gizmo #80s #gremlins …3 ?”
That pesky little question mark is what makes this whole thing a little more interesting than some of the other posts made over the years aboutGremlins 3. Last month, Zach Galligan posted a similar tweet but asked his followers to retweet it as much as possible and do everything they could to get the studio’s attention. That’s pretty much howDeadpoolgot made originally, but that was aided by some amazing leaked test footage.Gremlins 3doesn’t have anything as attention-grabbing to really get people on board. But Galligan is pretty committed to making sure we don’t have a bunch of CGIGremlinsrunning around.
Gremlins 3, or a possible reboot, has been in some form of development for years now, but for whatever reason, it’s one of those projects that’s stuck in the land known as development hell. Chris Columbus, who wrote the originalGremlins, has been involved and has a script for the new movie, but Warner Bros. hasn’t pulled the trigger on it. We also know that, at one point, that script was possibly going tokill Gizmo. But don’t worry, that’s not going to happen. At least not as far as we know.
Max Landis also pitched a found footage version ofGremlins 3that would have featured all new characters, but would have still beenconnected to the original movies. For now, all we can do is maybe hope this is more than Zach Galligan expressing his desire for anotherGremlinsmovie. Chris Columbus is going to be a little busy, as he just got hired to make aFive Nights at Freddy’smovie for Blumhouse Productions. Maybe he can talk them into making a deal to doGremlins 3somehow? You can check outZach Galligan’sTwitter post for yourself below.
