Someone call up Star Magic Jackson Jr., because a script for Gremlins 3 is reportedly on Steven Spielberg‘s desk. While appearing at Comic-Con Manchester last week, Gremlins (1984) and Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) star Zach Galligan gave an update on the long-awaited threequel to the Joe Dante-helmed Christmas creature features.

During a recent appearance at Manchester’s Comic-Con (via Games Radar ), Zach Galligan revealed a script has been written for a third Gremlins movie Warner Bros. is “waiting on” Steven Spielberg to “read and approve.”

Hold onto your popcorn and keep the mogwai out of the sunlight! "Gremlins 3" might finally be creeping closer to reality. After decades of speculation, rumors, and dashed fan hopes, a script for the long-awaited sequel has reportedly made its way to Steven Spielberg 's desk, waiting for his legendary greenlight.

After decades of speculation and whispered rumors, Gremlins 3 just got real, and it's thanks to Billy Peltzer himself.

Zach Galligan confirms Gremlins 3 has a finished script and is close to being greenlit, with Steven Spielberg's approval as the final step.

Zach Galligan says another sequel could soon be on the way — as long as Steven Spielberg likes the script he’s been sent.“After 35 years, they’ve come up with a script,” Galligan told fans at Comic Con Manchester in the U.