LOS ANGELES, July 3 — A few months after a televised series adapted from Gremlins was announced, WarnerMedia has confirmed the project by ordering 10 episodes. Called Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai, the series will tell the story of Sam Wing's meeting with Gizmo many years before Joe Dante's film takes place.
Thirty years after the last film in their franchise, the Gremlins will be returning in 2020, this time on the small screen. In development at WarnerMedia since February 2019, the animated series about the furry little creatures is now official. WarnerMedia has ordered a first season of ten episodes for its upcoming streaming service.
Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai will be a prequel to the two movies made by Joe Dante in 1984 and 1990.
The plot takes place in 1920s Shanghai and follows the story of Sam Wing, a 10-year-old boy who will later become the old Mr Wing who owns the shop where Gizmo is found in the first movie.
The series will focus on the relationship between the young boy and the young “mogwai,” which translates to “bad spirit” in Cantonese. With the help of Elle, a teenaged pickpocket, Sam and Gizmo take off on an adventure through the Chinese countryside in search of the gentle creature's family.
Along the way the trio will confront monsters and other spirits drawn from Asian folklore. While they try to discover the origins of the legendary treasure, they're pursued by a power-hungry industrialist and his growing army of evil Gremlins.
Tze Chun (Gotham) is the series' screenwriter and executive producer alongside Warner Bros and Amblin Television, creators of the two Gremlins films of 1984 and 1990.
The new series is the most recent to be announced for the lineup for WarnerMedia's new streaming platform after the arrival of Kaley Cuoco in The Flight Attendant. The streaming service should be available this year and offer original programming in 2020. — AFP-Relaxnews
