We chat with GremlinsSecretsoftheMogwai producers Tze Chun (thetzechun), Brendan Hay (B_Hay), and Joe Dante (joe_dante) about their work on the Gremlins series and how they've expanded an iconic legacy:
After being essentially dormant since 1990, the Gremlins franchise is back with Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai. A prequel to the original 1984 film, Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai follows a young Sam Wing and tells the story of his first meeting with the adorable Gizmo. The series was produced by Amblin Television, with Steven Spielberg reprising his role in the original films as executive producer.
Joe, it's amazing that Gremlins films that you were a part of hold up so well that almost 40 years later, people are so excited to watch this series and revisit this world. Is there something that you would say made those so special that was really important to carry over into the series? Brendan Hay: No. If anything, it fueled me more to get a crack. It was so much fun to make Detours [and to get] the chance to kind of play with somebody else's toys like that. The two franchises that shaped me growing up were Star Wars and Gremlins, so I had a blast. Unfortunately, nobody got to see the blast we had in that particular case, but no.
Beyond that, 1920s China, and Chinese mythology, spirits and creatures and monsters are the things that made me scared when I was a little kid. [They are] stories that my parents told me. To me, it was just such a great backdrop and something to weave through the series, because Chinese spirits and monsters are also kind of like the Mogwai in that they have rules, they're scary, they're really funny, and they all have their unique big personalities.
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