Joe Dante says Hollywood will not feed us the Little Store of Horrors reboot anytime quickly because the mission will get unpotted

In case you’re hungry for the deliberate Little Store of Horrors reboot, put together to order one thing off-menu. In response to Joe Dante (Gremlins, Innerspace, Small Troopers), one of many artistic forces behind the mission, it’s getting shelved indefinitely. Information a couple of Little Store of Horrors reboot sprouted in March 2024, however updates a couple of new model of the Eighties musical have been scarce. The tentatively titled Little Store of Halloween Horrors reboot would have been a up to date tackle the fan-favorite alien invasion story a couple of sentient plant that feeds on human flesh till it will possibly develop right into a Kaiju-sized monster to dole out vegetative violence.

Joe Dante commented with The Direct on the mission’s standing, or lack thereof, saying, “The phrase is ‘stasis,’ not standing. In the mean time, like so many issues on the town, nothing’s taking place, and we all the time hope that may change, however it’s not the best time proper now to [get] tasks off the bottom.”

Rubbish like that is why we are able to’t have good issues, folks! Whereas I’m not 100% sure Little Store wants a reboot, the considered Joe Dante reteaming with Roger Corman would have been sufficient to excite me. Sadly, Corman handed in Might 2024, making the collaboration unattainable.

When Little Store of Halloween Horrors was nonetheless a factor, stories mentioned Taron Egerton might have performed Seymour Krelborn, with Scarlett Johansson as Audrey and Chris Evans because the villainous dentist Orin Scrivello D.D.S.

Little Store of Horrors began as a horror comedy directed by Roger Corman in 1960. Alan Menken and Howard Ashman teamed as much as flip the idea right into a stage musical in 1982, and director Frank Oz introduced the musical to the display with a movie launched in 1986.

The story goes a little bit one thing like this:

Meek flower store assistant Seymour pines for co-worker Audrey. Throughout a complete eclipse, he discovers an uncommon plant he names Audrey II, which feeds solely on human flesh and blood. The rising plant attracts a substantial amount of enterprise for the beforehand struggling retailer. After Seymour feeds Audrey’s boyfriend, Orin, to the plant after Orin’s unintended dying, he should provide you with extra our bodies for the more and more bloodthirsty plant.

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Born and raised in New York, then immigrated to Canada, Steve Seigh has been a JoBlo.com editor, columnist, and critic since 2012. He began with Ink & Pixel, a column celebrating the magic and evolution of animation, earlier than launching the companion YouTube sequence Animation Motion pictures Revisited. He is additionally the host of the Speaking Comics Podcast, a personality-driven audio present specializing in comedian books, movie, music, and extra. You may not often catch him with out headphones on his head and pancakes on his breath.