Overview
- Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav unveiled the project on the company’s Q3 earnings call, setting a Nov. 19, 2027 theatrical date.
- Chris Columbus, who wrote the 1984 original, will direct and produce the new film.
- Steven Spielberg returns as executive producer through Amblin Entertainment.
- The studio has not revealed a plot or any casting, and the film marks the franchise’s first live-action installment since 1990.
- Trade outlets report Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein are collaborating on the script, as Zaslav positioned the move within the studio’s renewed theatrical momentum.