Exclusive: Carl Ellsworth Talks Scrapped Gremlins 3 Script! Thirty-six years ago this month, Joe Dante’s Gremlins invaded theaters and instantly upped the ante for big-budget monster mayhem.
June 1990 saw the release of Gremlins 2: The New Batch, in which Dante took the concept in a wackier, more pop-culture-satirical direction.
Sadly, there hasn’t been any news of forward motion on Gremlins 3 in the last few years.
A key writer involved was Carl Ellsworth, who wrote Wes Craven’s airborne thriller Red Eye and co-scripted The Last House on the Left remake for Craven, as well as the hit Disturbia.