Lionsgate is gearing as much as deliver Leprechaun out of the rainbow.
Per the Hollywood Reporter, a brand new entry in the horror comedy sequence is in the works at the movie studio. Felipe Vargas, who directed the 2020 brief movie Milk Teeth and is at present helming his characteristic debut Rosario, will direct a script from Mike Van Waes, author of Disney’s incoming Lilo & Stitch reboot film and the canceled The Crooked Man spinoff for the Conjuring films. Producing the movie will probably be Vertigo Entertainment, the firm from Barbarian and Don’t Worry Darling producer Roy Lee.
This new movie in the sequence, which at present lacks an official identify, is described as a reimagining of the sequence, which first started with the Mark Jones-directed (and written) movie in 1993. Across eight movies, the titular Leprechaun Lubdan Buttowski (performed by Warwick Davis in the first six movies, then Dylan Postl and Linden Porco in the final two) terrorizes anybody silly sufficient to take his gold, and does something he can to reclaim what was taken. While every film has pretty low critiques, there’s a passionate fanbase for the entire factor, helped by SyFy airing the films each St. Patrick’s Day. After 2018’s Leprechaun Returns, the films went dormant, although there have been some rumblings of a possible return in 2022 and even earlier this 12 months. The solely different exhausting information about the film is that Davis is at present not anticipated to return as Lubdan.
In an announcement given to THR, Lionsgate’s Erin Westerman mentioned the studio was “ thrilled to be bringing [Leprechaun] back with a new vision. Roy [and co-producer Miri Yoon] are two of our most trusted producers, especially with this genre, and we’re excited by Felipe’s vision for the film as a director. In his hands, this movie should be very scary and a ton of fun.”
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