‘Gremlins 3’ Is Just ‘Waiting on Spielberg to Read and Approve’ the Script, Says Original Lead Actor Zach Galligan: ‘Warner Bros. Is Incredibly Interested’

“Gremlins” lead actor Zach Galligan recently said during an appearance at Comic-Con Manchester (via Games Radar) that Warner Bros. is “incredibly interested” in “Gremlins 3.” Not only that, but the script is allegedly on the desk of executive producer Steven Spielberg and awaiting his sign-off. Galligan played the lead role of Billy Peltzer in 1984’s “Gremlins” and 1990’s “Gremlins 2: The New Batch.”

“After 35 years, they’ve come up with a script,” Galligan told the audience. “Warner Bros. is incredibly interested in doing it, apparently it’s waiting on Mr. Spielberg to read it and approve it. But you can thank the success of ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.’”

Variety has reached out to Warner Bros. for further comment.

Warner Bros. released “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” in theaters in September 2024 to the tune of $452 million at the worldwide box office. Like “Gremlins,” Tim Burton’s original “Beetlejuice” was a beloved movie classic from the 1980s.

“Gremlins” has franchised with the 1990 sequel and various video games. An animated series, subtitled “Secrets of the Mogwai” for Season 1 and “The Wild Batch” for Season 2, started airing on HBO Max in 2023, with the last batch of new episodes hitting the streamer earlier this year in April. Galligan had a recurring guest voice role on the animated series.

In an April interview with Deadline, Warner Bros. Pictures co-chief Pam Abdy let it slip that the studio was working with Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment on “developing new entries in the ‘Gremlins’ and ‘Goonies’ franchises.” News broke earlier in the year that Potsy Ponciroli had been hired to write the script for “Goonies 2,” with Spielberg returning as a producer.

As far as “Gremlins 3,” no writer or director has been announced for the project by Warner Bros. The original “Gremlins,” which famously led to the creation of the PG-13 rating along with Spielberg’s “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom,” was a box office hit with $212 million dollars worldwide. The sequel was less successful with $41 million but became a cult classic.