UPDATE: Hey folks, Harry here... Like I said below, this was a RUMOR and was unconfirmed. I was contacted by Brian Lynch today, and he told me that while he would LOVE to do a GREMLINS 3, he's very busy on the projects that I mentioned in my intro. Here's what he had to say...
"But the GREMLINS 3 rumor is false. Very false. The product of a warped mind. NIGHTCRAWLERS, on the other hand, is coming along swimmingly. If you liked GOONIES or GHOSTBUSTERS or BIG BAD MOMMA 2, this is the movie for you. It'll have the folks over at MONSTERS, INC. shaking in their pussy CGI boots." --- Brian Lynch
I had heard some good stuff about this NIGHTCRAWLERS script... and it has been on the radar for a while... but it seems that the ol GREMLINS fans have fertile creative minds... especially over on the View Askew boards (where apparently this rumor originally surfaced) So... Let it be known throughout the land that Bryan Lynch would love to do it, but it ain't happening. And that is confirmed.
The Old Story...............................
Hey folks, Harry here... If the below is true... and at the moment I am unable to get it confirmed... I can say that this Brian Lynch fella has been quite busy for a while now. He has 6 different projects in development (scripts and possible directing duties on each)... these involve everything from Wile Coyote's battle against ACME inventions corporation... to a Fraternity House/Last Stand/Zombie flick.... to the next Muppet Movie... His only previous work was BIG HELIUM DOG which I've seen and... while being extremely low budget... it was quite a bit of fun. However... I am profoundly saddened and dismayed by the alleged uninvolvement of Joe Dante in this endeavor... Both he and Chris Columbus should be consulted. In my mind. Here's the rumor... think of it as that till later...
Hey Harry, love your site.
I work at Warner Brothers (I'm just a fly on the wall, a monkey in the wrench here) and I overheard some of the suits discussing plans to revive the Gremlins franchise with a third installment. Apparently, they're talking with Brian Lynch (who sold his spec script "The Next Muppet Movie" to Henson) to write a script and possibly even direct. From what I understand, the execs were very pleased with the work Mr. Lynch did on Nightcrawlers (HARRY NOTE: It is about a goonie/explorers type group of children defending other children against the Boogie Man and his Shadow henchman who are attempting to take control of the world.), his script the WB recently picked up. Also, it seems that Mr. Lynch is an enormous Gremlins fan so this will be a dream job for him.
Sad news is that Joe Dante will not be involved with Gremlins 3 in any capacity.
I can assure you that Gremlins 3 is definitly on the drawing boards over here at the WB. We can only hope that Brian Lynch will do the first two classic entries in the series justice.
John McClane keeping it safe tonight
