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Gremlins: Secrets Of The Mogwai Invades May 23

Gremlins: Secrets Of The Mogwai Invades May 23

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Boy, did this one take a while to get here. Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai was one of the first shows announced for HBO Max, pre-pandemic. Several years, one buyout, a second buyout, and one decimation of the entire service itself later, the Gremlins cartoon is finally set to debut on the day HBO Max rebrands itself as just “Max.” A lot has happened, Gizmo. Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai is, as you might have guessed, based on the 1984 movie and its sequel, but takes place well before either. It now joins a crowd of nothing BUT prequels and spinoffs, but I swear, when this was first announced Max was promising a much more varied library than that. We should at least be grateful it somehow survived the Cartoon Purge of last year. When we first met Gizmo back in ’84 he was under the care of the mysterious Mr. Wing. Secrets of the Mogwai will reveal just how Wing and Gizmo got together, sixty years prior, in early

The Flashback Interview: Mark A. Mangini

The Flashback Interview: Mark A. Mangini

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My newest interview subject, Mark A. Mangini, is an accomplished sound designer and editor. He’s helped create the soundscapes for films of all sorts. Ranging from multiple films in the Star Trek franchise to a frequent collaboration with Joe Dante, from Disney Renaissance classics like Beauty And The Beast and Aladdin to Mad Max: Fury Road, which would win him his first Oscar, Mark A. Mangini has created memorable soundscapes for almost half-a-century, with no signs of stopping any time soon. Mark took some time to speak with me this past December, and today I share my epic conversation with this great talent. Say hello to Mark A. Mangini! Mark: Hello? Johnny: Hello, Mark. Johnny Caps from Pop Geeks here. Mark: Hey, Johnny. How ya doin’? Johnny: I’m doing good. First of all, before anything, thank you for taking the time out of your schedule to speak to me. Mark: My pleasure. Johnny: Alright. I have my questions ready to go. Mark: Yeah! Good. Johnny: To start off with, as

We’re Getting That Gremlins Cartoon

We’re Getting That Gremlins Cartoon

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Last February there were reports that Warner Bros was finally letting Gizmo out of his cage again to star in a Gremlins TV series, this one animated. Now we have confirmation that this show will really happen. WB and Amblin formerly announced it today, and as the rumors suggested, it’s a prequel about how Gizmo met Mr. Wing: Set in 1920s Shanghai, the series will tell the story of how 10-year-old Sam Wing (future shop owner Mr. Wing in the 1984 movie) met the young Mogwai called Gizmo. Along with a teenage street thief named Elle, Sam and Gizmo take a perilous journey through the Chinese countryside, encountering, and sometimes battling, colorful monsters and spirits from Chinese folklore. On their quest to return Gizmo to his family and uncover a legendary treasure, they are pursued by a power-hungry industrialist and his growing army of evil Gremlins. Given that Mr. Wing winds up keeping Gizmo as a pet until his dying breath, we don’t think Gizmo is going to succeed in

Gremlins Animated Series In Development

Gremlins Animated Series In Development

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Gremlins are great, and there aren’t enough minutes of screentime devoted to them. Every now and then we hear about a Gremlins 3 movie in development, but it never goes anywhere. Which is why we’re thrilled with the announcement from Variety that Warner Bros is developing a Gremlins TV series. We’ll take it! The downside is that we won’t get to find out what Billy and Kate are up to because the proposed series is a prequel. It would be about the young adventures of Mr. Wing, Gizmo’s original caretaker, as he travels with his companion Mogwai around the world. The second downside is that this series is meant for WarnerMedia, the upcoming exclusive streaming service for WB properties (they’re also considering yanking Friends from Netflix and putting it on this). We have mixed feelings about every single major studio and corporation launching their own streaming service. On the one hand, no mortal human can possibly keep up with them all, and no human earning less than six figures can

Zach Galligan Still Thinks Gremlins 3 Can Happen

Zach Galligan Still Thinks Gremlins 3 Can Happen

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I say without irony that Gremlins 2 is my favorite movie. Other movies may be plotted better, there may be movies with better writers and actors, I fully acknowledge all this. But with Gremlins 2, I had more FUN watching it than I’ve had with any other picture. It was just constantly surprising me with where it would go next, and I think it explored the concept of gremlins better than its predecessor. I had a blast watching it for the first time, and I still do. Unfortunately Chris Columbus, the director of the first movie, doesn’t feel the same way. He left Joe Dante to his own devices when planning out the second picture, resulting in a live-action cartoon and a parody of sequels (which was great!) Actor Zack Galligan, who played Billy Peltzer in both movies, told Bleeding Cool recently that Gremlins 3 is still being experimented with this many years later. I don’t think he cared for Gremlins 2 and the direction some of the characters went