It’s been a whopping four years since we heard the news that the folks at Warner Bros. and Amblin Television had joined forces to shape an animated series that would return us to the endearing universe of ‘Gremlins’ under the title of ‘Secrets of the Mogwai’. Well, after a long wait, we have finally been able to take a look at its first trailer, and things don’t look bad at all…
Gizmo we missed you
As you can see on these lines, the animated show will serve as a prequel to the original 1984 ‘Gremlins’ and will tell us Gizmo’s origin story —which is still adorable— while transports us to the Shanghai of the 20s to accompany a young man named Sam Wing; all this in an adventure that promises a good dose of action and Chinese folklore.
The advance of ‘Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai’ has been one of the many —very many— novelties that WarnerMedia has presented during the debut of Max, the rebranding of the streaming platform HBO Maxin which trailers for the new ‘True Detective’, ‘The Penguin’, ‘The Regime’ or ‘The Sympathizer’ have been seen.
The series, created by Tze Chun and starring Izaac Wang, Ming-Na Wen, BD Wong, James Hong, Matthew Rhys and Sandra Oh —among others— It will arrive at Max on May 23.
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