Audiences will have a to wait awhile longer for the next Gremlins movie, with Warner Bros. moving the release date of its untitled third installment in the franchise back 11 months.

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The film will now open Oct. 6, 2028, back from its previous date of Nov. 19, 2027. Chris Columbus, who wrote the 1984 original Gremlins is directing and writing the script with Final Destination Bloodlines duo Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein.

Amblin Entertainment’s Kristie Macosko Krieger and Holly Bario are producing with Columbus, Michael Barnathan and Mark Radcliffe via 26th Street Pictures. Steven Spielberg executive produces. The original, Joe Dante-directed feature centered on adorable creatures and spawned the 1990 sequel, also directed by Dante.

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Warners has also shifted the date for DC Studio’s Dynamic Duo, an animated feature that will focus on two young men who have held the mantle of Robin — Dick Grayson and Jason Todd. It hails from puppeteering and animation studio Swaybox, and will be a mix animation, puppetry and CGI. Matt Aldrich is penning the script, with DC Studios‘ James Gunn and Peter Safran producing with The Batman director Matt Reeves’ 6th & Idaho.

The new date places it five months ahead of The Batman: Part II, which opens in February 2028.

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More to come.