Mark Jones, a veteran animation writer and the director of B-horror comedy classics like "Leprechaun" and "Rumpelstiltskin," ...

Mark Jones, the writer-director who launched the long-running Leprechaun has passed away at 76 on January 16 2026.

The director, notable for ending Sydney Sweeney's lukewarm box office streak, has landed Amanda Seyfried's Mamma Mia 3.

That isn’t to say that a film like All You Need Is Kill will be in the same ballpark of popularity and awareness, but having seen it, in this instance, it can be easy to tell why if it does. This film ...