There’s been talk for several years about remaking Gremlins, but now Warner Bros. seems to be getting serious about it, as Seth Grahame-Smith and David Katzenberg have come on board to produce, according to Bloody Disgusting. The studio is currently seeking a director, but it is not known whether Grahame-Smith and Katzenberg will write the screenplay at this point.
Seth Grahame-Smith also wrote the novel and screenplay adaptation for Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, the screenplay for Dark Shadows, and has an adaptation of his novel Pride, Prejudice and Zombies in development at Lionsgate. Grahame-Smith and David Katzenberg are currently writing Beetlejuice 2 for Warner Bros., having previously created the MTV series The Hard Times of RJ Berger together.
Joe Dante directed the original Gremlins, which starred Zach Galligan as a young man who receives a mogwai as a gift from his father, with three explicit rules: do not get them wet, do not feed them after midnight, and do not expose them to bright light. When these rules are broken, the gremlins begin to reproduce and create havoc upon this sleepy town. It’s early days, so it’s not clear how closely the remake will stick to the plot of the original.