"The tone is going to be a little darker" Luisi said. "A little more traditional horror than the Warwick Davis ones that people remember. [We're] trying to find a way to please fans of that genre but, at the same time, this is really being played for scares."
Replacing Davis this time round is Dylan Postl who, funnily enough, plays Leprechaun type character Hornswoggle on WWE TV shows. However Luisi seems open to the idea of Davis being in the movie, "I think that’s still an open question. Maybe a cameo. I don’t know at this point. The script is still in development."
The original series spanned 6 movies and saw Leprechaun battle Jennifer Aniston before heading to space and then to the "tha hood" twice. Will this series go the same way? Luisi jokes, "I guess it depends on how enthusiastic the fan reaction is to the first one that we do."