Saw Director Wants Leprechaun

Darren Lynn Bousman, director of Saw II, III, IV and the upcoming Repo! The Genetic Opera, recently spoke with MTV where he revealed he’s interested in resurrecting the Leprechaun franchise. Here’s what he had to say:

“It’s just one of those fun popcorn movies. I would love to bring back the fun popcorn movie - extreme violence, extreme absurdity - but make it fun,” Bousman said of his hypothetical take. [My version] wouldn’t be horror.”

“Back to the old west,” Bousman said. “You send him in a time machine and transport him to the old west. There are gold rushes. There are gunfights. It’s awesome! I have the whole thing already worked out!”

The Leprechaun franchise has never been all that great, but he does have a point about not taking them too seriously. The Leprechaun movies are all kinds of stupid, but also all kinds of fun. I’d be down for another off the wall Leprechaun flick, epically if Bousman could get a decent budget, something these flicks have never had.

In more Darren Lynn Bousman news, the folks over at Shock Till You Drop are reporting that the director is being sought after for a remake of the 1980 horror flick Mother’s Day, which Brett Ratner is producing. Another horror remake or a crazy new Leprechanun movie involving time machines and the old west? I think it’s pretty clear which flick should get made.

Head on over here for the full MTV interview.