GREMLINS SEQUEL COMING!!!
In Gremlins: Clamp Corners, the high-tech but peacefully quiet paradise of Clamp Corners faces chaos as a new generation of mischievous gremlins emerges from a mistakenly introduced Mogwai. Zach Galligan and Phoebe Cates return as Billy and Kate, joining forces with billionaire Daniel Clamp, played by John Glover, as they team up with a young tech whiz to uncover the source of the mayhem. With Howie Mandel returning to voice an older but barely aged Gizmo, will they restore order before the town is completely overrun, or will the gremlins turn Clamp Corners into their playground? In cinemas June 2025.
The Gremlins franchise has always been a small one, with just two movies to its credit for decades. Both have become classics in their own right, with the first being an indelible piece of 1980s nostalgia, while the second is a cult-favorite send-up of the marketing forces that created the first. The recent success of the Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai streaming series confirms that the fan base is loyal. Despite that, however, the franchise hasn’t seen the kind of legacy sequels and projects enjoyed by other era classics such as Ghostbusters and The Karate Kid.
It’s not for a lack of effort. Gremlins’ sterling reputation and legions of fans make it a go-to for Part 3, and Secrets of the Mogwai demonstrates that the franchise still has a lot of untapped storytelling potential. There have been multiple efforts over the years to bring a third Gremlins movie to the big screen. Sadly for fans, it hasn’t happened yet, and while a second season of Secrets of the Mogwai comes out later this year, it may be some time — if ever — before Gremlins 3 gets the same treatment.
Updated by Jordan Iacobucci on September 15, 2024: As the second season of Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai rapidly approaches, fans still anxiously await news about a potential third film in the franchise. The long-awaited movie has been in the works for decades, but just can’t seem to get off the ground. This article has been updated to include new commentary on the Gremlins franchise and to adhere to CBR’s current formatting guidelines.
Multiple Efforts Have Been Made to Produce Gremlins 3
Gremlins 3 Still Hasn’t Been Officially Canceled
Even more than Joe Dante (who directed the first two films), Gremlins has been championed by its screenwriter, Chris Columbus, who went on to a prolific directing career of his own. That has fueled periodic rumors of a third movie, starting in 2014, when Vulture reported that Warner Bros. was working on a reboot. Actor Zach Galligan, who starred in the two live-action Gremlins movies, mentioned the possibility of a sequel to Bleeding Cool in 2016. The next year, Columbus shared with Slash/Film that he had penned a “dark” script for a third movie, billed as a direct sequel to the first two, rather than a reboot. In 2020, Columbus again spoke to the press about the project and stated that the gremlins in the third project would be created with practical effects rather than CGI.
