By Ralph Schaffer of The Forum
After years of speculation, a third entry in the
cult-classic Gremlins franchise will (for sure) be hitting the big screen in
the near future. Chris Columbus, screenwriter for the original Gremlins, has finalized
a script for Gremlins 3 and the film is now in production at Warner.
From what information is now available, this third entry is
set to be far darker in tone than the 1991 sequel. While Gremlins 2 was fairly
lighthearted and whimsical, this script returns to the style of the
original film. Entertainment website Slash Film interviewed Columbus regarding the script back in August.In talking with Columbus, they discovered that there is a possibility than one of
the franchise’s most iconic characters may well be killed off this time.
The website suggests that one of the major questions fan
have had in regards to the continuation of the plot is “…if all the gremlins
come from getting Gizmo wet and feeding his mogwai offspring after midnight,
should Gizmo be eliminated?”
“That (question) comes up in the movie, certainly.” Said
Columbus.
Interestingly enough, Gizmo was set to die in an early
version of the script for the original film. The second draft of the script
features Gizmo dying and then being reincarnated as a butterfly-like creature.
The previous films in the franchise relied heavily on
puppetry to bring Gizmo and the cast of green, slimy monsters to life on
screen. With the popularization of CGI, some could presume that a new Gremlins
film would over-use it. Columbus reassures that CGI would only be used to help
simplify the shooting of certain sequences and not be the go-to effect for the
cast of characters.
“CGI will enable us to remove wires and make the puppeteers
lives a little easier. It was brutal. It was like a marathon every night for
those guys. In the bar scene alone there were 18 [or] 20 people behind the bar.
No one had any space to move. It was just hellish for those guys so CGI will
simplify that a little bit but it’s all puppets.”
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