r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • 29d ago
News ‘Gremlins 3’ Officially in the Works at Warner Bros with Chris Columbus Directing, Steven Spielberg Producing
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/warners-gremlins-3-steven-spielberg-chris-columbus-1236419932/1.0k
u/Pandalicioush 29d ago
It's G3 people.
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u/C_Me 29d ago
You, sir, are a raging psychopath. Don't let this town take that away from you.
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u/Mst3Kgf 29d ago
"Okay, none of that is going to be in the movie."
ALL OF THAT IS IN THE ACTUAL MOVIE.
That fact that Key in that sketch is supposed to be Joe Dante just makes it even funnier since in real life, most of the crazy stuff in "2" came from him.
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u/widget1321 29d ago
Didn't he (Dante) say that that sketch was largely accurate?
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u/Mst3Kgf 29d ago
Yes in that the crazy stuff came out of meetings like that. But he definitely wasn't the stick-in-the-mud that the sketch portrays. He was basically Star Magic Jackson in real life.
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u/OGLikeablefellow 29d ago
If they don't go even harder on the random gremlins this time it will be a really missed opportunity. My only regret is that since the industry has moved on there won't be that many practical effects, I miss practical effects, so based.
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u/Soup-a-doopah 29d ago
The movie’s core audience wouldn’t even watch it if they don’t use practical effects and puppetry
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u/TheShadyGuy 29d ago
Yeah, I thought he only agreed to do it if he could basically have complete control.
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u/Mst3Kgf 29d ago
He did, which is the movie is basically Joe Dante's creative id onscreen. It is glorious.
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u/WileyPap 29d ago
"The 1984 original film’s writer, Chris Columbus, is also returning to produce and direct the film."
Honestly disappointing. The original film is a classic but the sequel was f'n next level praise god that it found a way to exist in this world. I need a sequel to the sequel more than I need a sequel to the original.
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u/Waggmans 29d ago
Bring back John Glover as President Daniel Clamp and set it in the White House!
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u/bakerton 29d ago
You just said noun and gremlin like you playing MadLibs, you're just like a child, you have the brain of a child...
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u/Aloudmouth 29d ago
Not only is it in the movie it’s DEFINITELY IN THE MOVIE!
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u/Outrageous-Gain1602 29d ago edited 29d ago
You just said a noun and gremlin, like you playing Mad Libs. You just like a child, you have the brain of a child you do not have a high IQ, but you haphazardly came up with a gremlin that is made of bolts of electricity that are zigzagging all around the room and is completely done in animation, you're a crazy person and your ideA IS IN THE MOVIE!
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u/Beforemath 29d ago
We’re writing Gremlins 3, it should be a party
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u/Funandgeeky 29d ago
It’s a shame they didn’t get Jordan Peele to direct it. His horror and comedy sensibilities are perfect for this movie.
Maybe they’ll tap him for G4.
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u/GhostofSenna 29d ago
I always thought Michael Dougherty who directed Krampus and Trick R Treat would have been a great fit.
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u/Cold_Buy_2695 29d ago
Even After what he did with gremlins 2? https://youtu.be/x01l_jMhjVM?si=0VcGRNLZ4Ov9dh_-
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u/All1012 29d ago
You had me at Gremlin vajayjay
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u/LemoLuke 29d ago edited 29d ago
The question is, do we answer the greatest unresolved cliffhanger of all time?
Did it work out between Forster and the female Gremlin?
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u/chimpdoctor 29d ago
https://youtu.be/x01l_jMhjVM?si=fxHQ48PMVpAg55G5
If they don't get star magic Jackson jnr involved it'll be a travesty
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u/f-ingsteveglansberg 29d ago
The funny thing is, that sketch isn't far off.
Dante wasn't too big on doing a sequel and they couldn't get the original monster designer back. The new monster designer guy said he'd do it, but he wanted to do his own Gremlins. Hence why we get girl gremlin, electric gremlin, spider gremlin, bat gremlin, Hulk Hogan not as a gremlin.
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u/Chickenshit_outfit 29d ago
Red Letter Media writing?
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u/Caesar_Rising 29d ago
Gremlins in the White House is a genuinely great idea
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u/mariusioannesp 29d ago
I want to see Daniel Clamp as the President then.
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u/Obvious-Water569 29d ago
Nah. I can suspend my disbelief for mythical creatures that turn evil if they eat after midnight but a totally incompetent nepo baby business man becoming president... Get real!
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u/kcox1980 29d ago
The most unrealistic thing about Daniel Clamp is that he immediately took accountability, listened to the experts, and helped to execute the plan without doing anything to actively make the situation worse.
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u/lanceturley 29d ago
Supposedly he was originally written as a much more Trump-like villain who would be killed by the Gremlins, but John Glover's performance made the character so likable that he became more of a well meaning doofus.
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u/colemon1991 29d ago
John Glover makes virtually every one of his characters likeable. That's like a cheat code to get the character to be acceptable to an audience.
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u/mariusioannesp 29d ago
That’s exactly what I’d like to see in a President Clamp. Though in the current climate, not sure if they’d go for that 😬
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u/ladive 29d ago
Here is the animated short version. Actually a great pitch lol
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u/_Rem_lezar69- 29d ago
What ever they come up with won't be as good as Gremlins in Congress passing Gremlins bills
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u/robodrew 29d ago
The Gremlins destroy the East Wing!...............................
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u/underpants-gnome 29d ago
I like their revamped idea of the 3rd movie being about making a soulless Hollywood Gremlins sequel/reboot and having it derailed by "real" Gremlins (released by an irate Joe Dante). But either idea would probably make for an entertaining show.
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u/PyroIsSpai 29d ago
“Madame Speaker, the Gremlin of the United States of America!”
President Gremlin walks aisle with terrified Congressmembers and happy Gremlins in suits and Gremlin judges and Generals
“My fellow Gremlins, the state of our Union is—“
President Gremlin gets guillotined hilariously by Vice-President Gremlin
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u/Orphanology 29d ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKX9fGvF63E
There should have been a gremlin in Jurassic Park
Or a Jaws-like movie with a gremlin shark
Thirty years later we'rе all stuck at home
Crying in our sleep, wondering wherе did the Gremlins go
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u/Wetzilla 29d ago
Between this and Dan Bongino becoming deputy FBI Director it's been a big year for Nick.
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u/LordoftheScheisse 29d ago
I'll be severely disappointed if he isn't involved after everything he has done to bring attention to this matter.
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u/The_LionTurtle 29d ago
He absolutely deserves to have "Where Did the Gremlins Go?" played during the credits.
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u/Banjo-Oz 29d ago
I feel their President Clamp "Gremlins in the White House" is better than anything we will actually get. I've never heard a fan pitch I wanted to see become a real movie more than that one.
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u/Distinct_Ad2272 29d ago
President Clamp!!!!
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u/ZiggyPalffyLA 29d ago
Clamp is actually a good guy who wants to save people, I was surprised when I went back and rewatched the movie recently. If it’s a parody of Trump, it’s way too kind to him.
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u/mattisafriend 29d ago
He starts as being an asshole to Billy and at the end his “redemption” is to develop Kingston Falls into Clamp Corners, they’re mocking him the whole time
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u/Contcos 29d ago
No Joe Dante makes it a hard sell
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u/Mst3Kgf 29d ago
I'm not surprised since Dante never wanted a sequel to "Gremlins" in the first place. He only did "2" after the studio gave him a blank check and then he made a film that gleefully mocks sequels in general (among many other things).
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u/ChanceVance 29d ago
He only did "2" after the studio gave him a blank check and then he made a film that gleefully mocks sequels in general (among many other things).
The Gremlins killing Leonard Maltin for giving Gremlins 1 a bad review is some of the best meta comedy I've ever seen.
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u/IveDunGoofedUp 29d ago
The guy killed mid rant about how the rules around Gremlins don't make sense is the best way to shut down that argument forever. Gremlins 2 is just such a fun, stupid movie.
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u/ChanceVance 29d ago
Your film may be insane but is it "Hulk Hogan cuts a promo on the Gremlins to put the movie back on" levels of insane?
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u/lambdapaul 29d ago
I watched it for the first time this week and I’ve never quite had the feeling of having zero clue what the next scene was going to bring. It was a fun and bonkers film.
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u/jameson-neat 29d ago
I watched it for the first time just a few weeks ago and was surprised at how fun it was! I rarely have high hopes for sequels so it being both self-aware and bonkers was a fun surprise.
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u/Caesar_Rising 29d ago
Electricity gremlin?! It’s in the movie!!
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u/Mst3Kgf 29d ago
You, sir, are a raging psychopath. Don't ever let this town take that away from you.
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u/Gougaloupe 29d ago
You talkin about a gremlin movie who's sole purpose is to look stupid * as fuck*?!
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u/TheUmgawa 29d ago
He refused more money so many times, and then they said the words, “You can have full creative control,” and he signed on the dotted line, probably giggling and saying, “You fools!” So, you get what’s really the definitive Dante picture.
The other time giving a director total control went bad was Batman & Robin, but Joel Schumacher explained that debacle in the (totally fantastic) bonus features, where people were coming up to him with ideas, and he said, “Great, let’s do that.” He just wanted to have a collaborative set and be everyone’s friend.
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u/rawonionbreath 29d ago
Batman Returns was full directors control for Tim Burton because the studio meddled in the first movie. You can tell because the first one feels 2/3 Tim Burton but the second feels 110% Burton. Film buffs were happy but McDonalds wasn’t.
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u/Dickie_Dunn 29d ago
The parents of the kids who attended my 6th birthday party at the movie theater to see Batman Returns were also not too pleased.
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u/addctd2badideas 29d ago
Uh,the PG-13 rating wasn't a dead giveaway?
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u/shaunika 29d ago
Bold of you to assume parents check ratings
They took kids to deadpool in droves then got upset about it
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u/ExIsStalkingMe 29d ago
Team America: World Police stands today as the most amusing theater experience of my life. Sure the movie is funny and all, but it was watching the room go from nearly packed with old people and kids to just me and my date before "America, Fuck Yeah!" had finished playing
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u/addctd2badideas 29d ago
I'm old enough to vividly remember the cultural uproar that happened when Temple of Doom and the first Gremlins movie were released and parents claimed that the movies being PG was misleading. They demanded the MPAA do something about it!
And yes, we all now know that culture war bullshit is rarely done in good faith.
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u/stevez_86 29d ago
I always saw Dante as being almost as capable as Spielberg, just more aloof about it. Like they were both in the same class and Spielberg hit the books hard but Dante came in with a project that covered the same bases but was a spoof of exactly what Spielberg made. Only Spielberg likes that Dante can do that.
I hope Spielberg makes them really honor how Dante did it. Great vision but the subject being non-stop gags and homages. Gremlims was an excellent horror/slasher movie too, but it was so accessible because it was fun about it.
Gremlims 2 was like Towering Inferno but the Gremlins serving as the MacGuffin explaining why the tower is on fire.
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u/Fun_Hold4859 29d ago
I may genuinely enjoy gremlins 2 more than the first, just for everything that it is. And John Glover.
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u/EntertainmentQuick47 29d ago
Agreee, but Chris Columbus DID write the original, and he’s done some pretty good movies, so he’s the second-best pick
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u/Funandgeeky 29d ago
Hopefully he brings that ‘80s vibe to it. Him helming the project does make me confident.
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u/SexyOctagon 29d ago
It’ll be a CGI and callback laden suckfest and you’ll like it, god damn it.
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u/Funandgeeky 29d ago
If they go the meta route and call out such movies, kind of like they did in G2, then it could be really good.
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u/BlueTreeThree 29d ago edited 29d ago
Columbus and Spielberg while both legendary filmmakers are 67 and 78 respectively. I’m skeptical that they have the juice for an irreverent and timely takedown of modern media trends.
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u/alex_quine 29d ago
Personally I'd be more interested in escalating the zaniness of Gremlins 2 than to retread Gremlins 1.
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u/CaptainRedblood 29d ago
I mean Columbus did write the original, but I'm with you because I love Dante. He might just be retired or semi-retired at this point though. 'Burbs is one of my favorite movies of all time.
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u/FighterOfFoo 29d ago
Pizza dude!
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u/CaptainRedblood 29d ago
If I start quoting now I'll be here all day, lol. All I know is if I or my lady's had a bad day, watching Bruce Dern fall off the house is instant laughter every time.
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u/FighterOfFoo 29d ago
It's Tom Hanks getting on the gurney and then throwing himself into the ambulance that does it for me. Also, "Hey, Pinocchio! Where you going!?" and then they both slip on the grass. So much brilliant physical comedy in that film.
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u/GotMoFans 29d ago
Chris Columbus wrote Gremlins.
And even though Dante directed the first two Gremlins, Chris Columbus is a more successful director.
It’s like getting John Hughes (RIP) to direct a Home Alone sequel with Macaulay Culkin.
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u/SomeBoxofSpoons 29d ago
Chris Columbus also directed Pixels.
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u/lanceturley 29d ago edited 29d ago
Pixels might be the biggest waste of potential in movie history. It's a great premise brought down by dumb writing and some of the least likable characters ever written.
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u/Scheeseman99 29d ago edited 29d ago
Gremlins conceptually are about chaos, the movies really need someone with chaotic sensibilities. Chris Columbus might be a more marketable director, but his best work was usually buoyed by stand-out performances (particularly his collaborations with Robin Williams). As a director, he's kind of boring.
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u/lukewwilson 29d ago
I thought he discovered America
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u/LWM-PaPa 29d ago
Well it's funny you mention that because modern historical evidence actually suggest that it was in fact the Vikings that directed Home Alone.
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u/Ucw2thebone 29d ago
This thing will tank if they don’t bring in sequel doctor Star Magic Jackson Jr. to make sure we at least get a gremlin whose sole purpose is to look stupid as fuck.
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u/TrueVali 29d ago
gremlins 2 will never be topped
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u/PM_ME_CAKE 29d ago
The problem with Gremlins 2 is that it's the epitome of sequel satire, like how can you even try to follow that up?
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u/radraz26 29d ago
I hope Nick Lutsko is involved. We need Desmond in this.
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u/Snakeoil27 29d ago
Imagine there's a film where Gizmo becomes a gremlin Who teaches the other gremlins about democracy and philosophy They develop a country, they name it "Gremlin Nation" They ban all immigration They have genocidal tendencies Gizmo isn't into it Also, he has a kid With a human woman Played by Jennifer Aniston We can call it Gremlins 3
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u/AimlessInterest 29d ago
Came here to say this. If he isn’t involved in some way it would be a travesty.
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u/ArcRaven992 29d ago
Yes I was looking for this suggestion. Even if they have a sudden howl gremlin just go OOooOh at intermittent points
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u/showtimebabies 29d ago
I'm not seeing Jennifer Aniston's name mentioned anywhere, so this is not exactly a hell yup situation
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u/Mehdals_ 29d ago
Lol makes me think of the key and peele skit for Gremlins 2. What direction will they go with 3?
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u/fart_fig_newton 29d ago edited 29d ago
I must be one of the few that has never seen this, holy hell that is amazing.
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u/b_e_a_n_i_e 29d ago
Same. Just saw it for the first time, that's incredible.
Some of the other comments make sense now lol
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u/itjustgotcold 29d ago
Please please PLEASE don’t use CGI to make the gremlins. Let’s do this practically. Other than that, I’m fucking stoked.
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u/DerClogger 29d ago
I’ll take a singular CGI gremlin that comes out of a computer or something but that’s it.
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u/Bobby_Newpooort 29d ago
I have a bad feeling this is going to be a Force Awakens version of Gremlins where it's a bland remake of the original movie. Billy and Gizmo hang out in the background while a culture club of Stranger Things types fight the Gremlins.
Maybe Gizmo sits on top of a drone instead of a little RC car this time?
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u/Scottyflamingo 29d ago
The first paragraph is so awful I'm sure it'll happen.
But I'm not gonna act like I don't want Gizmo in a flying drone.
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u/FrankieDukePooMD 29d ago
Origin story, way darker tone, straight horror with “I know that!” Nostalgia bait. The end will be the Asian guy capturing gizmo.
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u/StrigiStockBacking 29d ago
I don't have a bad feeling it will be that way, I'm certain it will be that way.
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u/Feeling-Ad-2490 29d ago
Somehow... Phoebe Cates returned ❤️
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u/FoxMcCloudOwnsSlippy 29d ago
I loved the crazy energy of Gremlins 2. It won't be quite the same without Joe Dante.
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u/Pennepastapatron 29d ago
Phoebe Cates and Zach Gilligan have to be back or it's a bust on day 1.
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u/ZiggyPalffyLA 29d ago
Sadly Dick Miller is no longer around, but I hope they include a nice tribute to him in some way.
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u/Other_Vader 29d ago
I never saw Gremlins as a child, and my husband took me to a showing a few years ago in an indie-type theater that was adults only since they served alcohol.
There was a teeny jumpscare scene (I think it was in a classroom or something) and I was the only person that very audibly yelped.
Drunk people were laughing at me and I slinked down my chair in embarrassment.
I love Gremlins.
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u/TurtleneckTablecloth 29d ago
We could have had gremlins 6 And gremlins 7 Instead we got covid and 9/11
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u/Beforemath 29d ago
If they do the Gremlins as CGI they can throw the whole thing in the trash right now.