We’ve all seen what happens to the Mogwai when they have a wild Christmas adventure and when they take over a huge corporate skyscraper, but what were those little dudes up to before all the Gremlins got superpowers and met Hulk Hogan? Whether you’ve actually wondered that or not, WarnerMedia is going to answer that question with Gremlins: Secrets Of The Mogwai, a 10-episode animated prequel to the original Gremlins movie that was first announced back in February. Now, thanks to a press release, we also know a bit more about what the show will actually be about: The series will be set in 1920s Shangai where a 10-year-old Sam Wing (the old guy from the movie) encounters a “teenage street thief” named Elle and a furry creature called Gizmo (Dictionary.com says the word “gizmo” was first used in the ‘40s, but that’s okay).
Together, the three of them will go on a “perilous journey through the Chinese countryside” where they’ll meet and fight “colorful monsters and spirits from Chinese folklore.” Unfortunately, just as they find a “legendary treasure,” they get pursued by an evil industrialist with an army of Gremlins. So yeah, it doesn’t sound a whole lot like the movies, but the second movie was already some weird pre-Pokémon bullshit, so going full Pokémon with this prequel might work.
The show will be produced by Amblin Television, and while the press release doesn’t say when it might air, it does say that a number of Animaniacs veterans are working on it.
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Gotham’s Tze Chun is the showrunner, so I’m looking forward to this being guano mad.
Gremlins 2 is a masterpiece.
so am i
I feel kinda cheated because Clamp was supposed to be a funny riff on Trump, but they wrote Clamp to be a MUCH nicer guy.
I’d take President Clamp any day.
Gremlins 2 is Joe Dante’s id set wild. Like rubbery Looney Tunes. What a blast. I love the first film, primarily for nostalgia’s sake, but Gremlins 2 is the one I watch regularly.
Gremlins 2 IS gremlins. The first movie was just to raise money for all of Gremlins 2 glory!
Secrets of Mogwai? Push the loud-quiet-loud thing to its extremes, release a funny shirt about Blur, don’t actually die young. Not that complex, really.
And bring it all together across Ten Rapid episodes
Can’t they figure out a way to make one of the Gremlins be Spider-man?
Gizmo Begins.
Didn’t Hoyt Axton name him Gizmo? Are we to believe a young Chinese girl in the 1920’s also called him Gizmo? This is less believable than the whole “don’t feed after midnight” thing.
Hopefully the show addresses the issue of how time zones affect the “no eating after midnight” rule. Also, what time is it safe to start feeding them again?
I’m more curious about the dimensions and hair volume of Lady Gremlin. So many questions.Side note: one time a guy said I’m a Gremlin bc I turn into a monster when wet. Best insult ever.
it sounds like what they would have pitched for a saturday morning cartoon back when the original came out. if we could just get an announcement there will be a cereal, too…
i didnt even know there was a cereal!
Oh yes. And it tasted like a cardboard knock-off of Cap’n Crunch. It was no bueno, but I still ate it as a kid because I was obsessed with the Gremlins.
“but the second movie was already some weird pre-Pokémon bullshit”What?So this guy has been traveling with Gizmo since 1920 and then he just up and sells him 60 years later? WTF?