mrchocolateguy

Do you have any advice for young filmmakers?

Alright. Gremlins 2. You have expressed much love for this movie.

The thing that I loved most about the original film was the dark humor. I also loved how it wasn't afraid to GO THERE with some of the more emotional elements (like Kate's backstory.) And it was such a wonderfully strange mix of genres. Family? Horror? Thriller? Comedy? Dark comedy?

The second movie was on another sort of level. More twisted? Yes. More slick? Yes. It was certainly super different from the first film in that basically everything was turned up to 11... the wackiness, the slapstick, the behavior and traits of the gremlins AND the humans (like that one guy ending up with the chick Gremlin...) It even broke the fourth wall at one point with the best Hulk Hogan cameo possibly ever. Absolute madness. I love both movies for completely different reasons.

My question is this: Given the chance, would you ever agree to write a remake of Gremlins? I hear that they're trying to get the ball rolling on a remake right now.

Thank you for your work and all the inspiration that it has given me as an aspiring filmmaker.