Mark Jones highlights the ups and downs of the series, plus the upcoming reboot.
Any cinematic franchise that is lucky enough to earn eight entries is likely going to have select installments that don't quite meet the expectations of the most effective entries, which can surely be said of the Leprechaun franchise. After Warwick Davis starred in the first six entries in the series, Leprechaun Origins aimed to reinvent the franchise, which delivered audiences a more monstrous take on the titular villain than the wisecracking character seen in the previous films.
Speaking about the previously announced reboot, Jones continued,"I hope they continue and I know there's a reboot coming and I'll find out more about it, but I hope they go back to what made it work, which was the fun character and all that. So I wasn't real happy with Origins too much, only because it was the wrong direction and it didn't do well. Nobody likes it, the fans don't like it.
"I've talked to Warwick and I think he was unique. The fans loved him. He and I really created that character on the first one on the set and meeting," the director confessed."So I think Warwick, it would be great to bring him back. At some point, he didn't really want to do horror because his kids were younger, but he said maybe when time goes on, and I think it's there. So we'll see.
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