Overview
- Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav added the film to the release schedule during the company’s earnings call.
- Chris Columbus, who wrote the 1984 original, will direct and produce, with Steven Spielberg returning as executive producer via Amblin.
- Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein are co-writing the screenplay, building on earlier drafts from Toby Halbrooks and Carl Ellsworth.
- Producers attached include Kristie Macosko Krieger, Holly Bario, Michael Barnathan and Mark Radcliffe.
- No story details or casting have been announced, and this will be the franchise’s first live-action feature since 1990, with Columbus’s past preference for practical puppetry not yet confirmed for this production.