The director of the movie, Zach Lipovsky admitted he absolutely despised the original movies. And he wanted to make a scarier Leprechaun that was more grounded in reality. Ironically, this is the movie that fans to be considered the worst entry of the series for being too serious with no charm or humor.
The character of the Leprechaun in Origins is inspired by subterranean mole rats, not by Darby O'Gill's little people like previous films.
There were early talks for a sequel, but due to the movie being slammed by critics and fans of the original series, it was cancelled in favor of Leprechaun Returns (2018), which went back to the campier style of the series and was much better received to many.
The first film in the series to be released in theaters, albeit a limited theatrical run, since Leprechaun 2 - Der Killerkobold kehrt zurück (1994).
When WWE Studios announced they were rebooting the series as a vehicle for actual WWE Superstar/leprechaun Hornswoggle, many fans assumed he would be picking up the mantle and buckled shoes vacated by Warwick Davis and ushering in a new era of wise-acre ghoul. But the movie revealed the Leprechaun has nothing in common with the series at all.