Legendary director Joe Dante ("Gremlins", "The Howling"), out doing promotion for his work in Showtime's "Masters of Horror" series, was asked by iF Magazine about recent rumours of two high profile remakes of his early films.

First up, his 1981 werewolf tale "The Howling" - "They are definitely going to do it, because people keep calling me asking about who owns the rights to it" says Dante.

He then dropped word on another potential remake in the works - "I keep hearing about people wanting to remake 'Pirahna'. Which makes me think, "Why?" But this isn't the first time someone has kicked the idea around".