New Leprechaun Movie in the Works at Lionsgate

A new Leprechaun film is formally within the works at Lionsgate, based on The Hollywood Reporter.

What do we all know concerning the new Leprechaun film?

The longest-running franchise in Lionsgate historical past will get a brand new movie from director Felipe Vargas, the director of the award-winning brief movie Milk Enamel.

The reboot will likely be written by Mike Van Waes, who most lately labored on the live-action Lilo & Sew movie. Roy Lee — who has produced different horror movies like Barbarian and It — will produce for his Vertigo Leisure banner.

Based on THR, Warwick Davis — who performed The Leprechaun in six of the eight movies within the franchise — isn’t anticipated to reprise his iconic position. No different plot or casting info has been made accessible as of now.

“Thirty years after its debut, this franchise nonetheless casts a spell, and we’re thrilled to be bringing it again with a brand new imaginative and prescient,” Erin Westerman, president of manufacturing for Lionsgate’s Movement Image Group, mentioned in an announcement. “Roy and Miri are two of our most trusted producers, particularly with this style, and we’re excited by Felipe’s imaginative and prescient for the movie as a director. In his fingers, this film ought to be very scary and a ton of enjoyable.”

The Leprechaun isn’t solely one of many longest-running for Lionsgate, however can also be one of the crucial well-known horror franchises ever. The primary movie premiered in 1993 and starred Warwick Davis within the titular position. Davis performed a mischievous leprechaun who would search out those who took his gold.