Overview
- Lionsgate announced on Friday that Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan have been hired to write a new Leprechaun movie.
- Producers Oren Koules and his son Miles Koules will shepherd the project through their Koulest Productions banner and Dan Heffner and Ketura Kestin are listed as executive producers.
- The studio is keeping the film’s plot, director, cast and production timeline undisclosed, underscoring that the project is in early development.
- This effort replaces a stalled 2024 reboot attempt that had Felipe Vargas attached to direct from a Mike Van Waes script, marking Lionsgate’s second recent push to revive the franchise.
- The Leprechaun series spans eight films from 1993 to 2018 and Melton and Dunstan’s credits on Saw and other horror titles give the project clear genre credentials that may shape a darker, effects-driven relaunch.