Is there Really a Third ‘Gremlins’ in the works?

Bloody-Disgusting recently made a set visit to ‘The Hole’ to speak with director Joe Dante. During their visit, the topic of ‘Gremlins’ came up and the question of whether or not a third ‘Gremlins’ was in the works surfaced. According to Dante, it’s not currently happening but he seems pretty confident that it will at some point.

“I find it hard to believe that they won’t make a GREMLINS 3 because they’re remaking ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING. I mean, they’re gonna remake everything.” — Joe Dante

Oh, God! That’s news in and of it’s self, but not good news. ‘Adventures in Babysitting’ remake? Really? We can add this to the list of movies that need not be remade, although it does fit into the category of movies that could be remade better.

OK, back to ‘Gremlins’… I LOVE the ‘Gremlins’ movies, well, the first one anyway was awesome! ‘Gremlins 2: The New Batch’ was a lot of fun, but kind of cheesy, which in turn is actually part of why it was so much fun. Then again, can you really hate any movie that features Christopher Lee?

Dante went on to expressly insist that he’ll have no involvement in the possible making of a third ‘Gremlins’ movie. Personally, the first movie will always be the only true ‘Gremlins’ and anything and everything after is just fluff. Then again, given the right players in front of and behind the camera, a third (or dare I say even a remake) movie could prove quite interesting with our advances in technology… and no, I’m not just talking about CGI.

Joe Dante apparently is, however, very much involved in the remastering the first two ‘Gremlins’ movies for their upcoming Blu-Ray release. Sweet! I knew there was a reason I’ve held out on buying them this long…

[source: Bloody-Disgusting]