8 Teased Movies That Will ONLY Happen If Upcoming Movies Succeed
5. Spiral Could Lead To A Leprechaun Reboot
The Leprechaun franchise has been dormant since 2018's Leprechaun Returns, a movie that didn't exactly set the world on fire.
Since then, there's been very little forward momentum on another instalment in the series, and considering that we're getting so much amazing horror these days - even Oscar-winning horror, like Get Out - it's starting to feel like there's less and less demand for these schlocky B-movies that tend to be mediocre at best.
What Leprechaun needs is a filmmaker with an interesting take, someone who could perhaps reinvent it - and that might just be happening within the next few years.
That's because director Darren Lynn Bousman - who helmed a couple of Saw movies - wants to get his hands on Leprechaun if his next Saw movie, Spiral, is a success. Bousman actually tweeted this desire at Lionsgate (the distributor of Leprechaun and Saw), and what's more, they responded quite positively.
my p̵e̵o̵p̵l̵e̵ leprechauns will call your p̵e̵o̵p̵l̵e̵ leprechauns.
— Lionsgate (@Lionsgate) March 17, 2021
The tantalising thing here is that Spiral seems to be a reinvigoration of the tired Saw formula, so if Spiral is a success - and Lionsgate agrees to give Bousman a shot - Leprechaun can receive the same treatment.