Lionsgate is plotting to do one thing new with the Leprechaun franchise, it’s simply not fairly clear what it’s going to be. Two years in the past, it was introduced that Felipe Vargas, director of the horror movie Rosario, was on board to direct a Leprechaun reimagining, working from a screenplay by Mike Van Waes, who wrote the novel Peeves and labored on the live-action Lilo & Sew film. Vargas hoped to do one thing gory, horny, loopy, and elevated with the property – however earlier this yr, it was confirmed that he had stepped away from the reimagining. So now, it seems to be like all the things is up in there. Enter the sibling duo of Michael Leavy and Jason Leavy, who lately made the slasher film Stream (the brothers wrote and produced the movie collectively, with Michael directing). Longtime followers of the Leprechaun movies, the Leavys are hoping to get the prospect to direct an official entry within the collection – they usually’re making an attempt to catch Lionsgate’s consideration with a proof-of-concept quick movie known as Leprechaun Revenge, starring franchise veterans Mark Holton and Linden Porco! You possibly can watch the quick within the embed above.
From Fuzz on the Lens Productions in affiliation with JFR Media, Leprechaun Revenge has the next synopsis: After surviving the horrors of a malevolent creature obsessed along with his gold, an older and reclusive Ozzie Jones has spent a long time making an attempt to suppress the trauma of his encounter with the Leprechaun. Now haunted by hallucinations and residing in isolation, his compound is sealed with boarded home windows, selfmade charms, and arcane relics—his solely protection in opposition to a nightmare that he’s satisfied isn’t totally over. Will his defenses be sufficient when the Leprechaun comes for his revenge?
The quick sees Holton reprising the function of Ozzie, the character he performed within the unique Leprechaun again in 1993 and once more within the 2018 sequel Leprechaun Returns. By no means thoughts that Ozzie was killed off and have become a ghost in Leprechaun Returns; this quick is type of an alternative choice to all of that, however does carry again Linden Porco, who changed Warwick Davis within the function of the Leprechaun for Leprechaun Returns, because the antagonist. Holton and Porco are joined in Leprechaun Revenge by Maren Altman.
Michael Leavy wrote on Fb, “The Leprechaun franchise holds a special place in my heart—it was the first horror film I ever saw, and it instantly made me want to become a filmmaker. As a lifelong fan, I know this series inside and out, and I wanted to create something I know we all miss. This spinoff is pure passion rooted in what we all love about the films —a love letter to the original, paying homage to the franchise’s unique charm and tone, with our own darker, modern twist of course. So wherever this may lead, I think one thing is clear that we need a new Leprechaun film to fill the giant void in the horror genre.” In one other put up, he wrote, “We actually wished to pay homage to the unique and what the grasp Mark Jones created, we hoped to not solely entertain horror followers however to additionally showcase how our tone can be if we ever can be fortunate sufficient to one way or the other be involved- all whereas nonetheless honoring what got here earlier than. Maintaining it enjoyable with a balanced mixture of horror and comedy is important. We do have some cool concepts to maintain the franchise recent and thrilling in addition to interesting to a contemporary viewers permitting it to maneuver ahead.“
I don’t want a Leprechaun reimagining (that didn’t work in any respect after they tried it with Leprechaun: Origins in 2014), however I might gladly watch many extra sequels within the franchise. The Leavys are keen about these movies they usually have horror-making expertise (additionally they have producing credit on the Terrifier movies and Screamboat, amongst others), so why not give them the prospect to make a full Leprechaun characteristic? Signal the deal, Lionsgate!
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