Gremlins Animated Series Adds Ming-Na Wen And BD Wong
The annual talk of continuing the
Gremlins franchise is guaranteed to happen every Christmas, as fans around the world revisit the beloved holiday favorite. Joe Dante’s creature feature has endured for over 35 years as a staple of the festive viewing schedule, but despite plenty of attempts to get it off the ground, a third installment in the live-action series never materialized.
A lot of that had to do with the dismal performance of first sequel
The New Batch, which failed to even recoup the $50 million budget in theaters, a far cry from the original, which cost almost five times less and made well over $200 million. However, because everything that’s old will eventually become new again, the animated
Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai Casts Ming-Na Wen, BD Wong, and More
Gremlins franchise, when the animated series
Gremlins: Secrets of the
Mogwai makes its debut on HBO Max. While details surrounding
Secrets of the Mogwai have largely remained under wraps since the series was first announced in 2019, that hasn t stopped fans of the original films from getting hyped especially now that some major cast members for the series have been announced. On Tuesday,
Variety confirmed the cast of
Secrets of the Mogwai, with Izaac Wang, Ming-Na Wen, BD Wong, James Hong, Matthew Rhys, and Gabrielle Green all joining the series.