Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai granted early second season by HBO Max

February 17th 2021, 5:10pm

Last Updated on August 5, 2021

Huh. So, even though there's no official release date as of yet for HBO Max's animated series Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai – based on the Gremlins films by Joe Dante – the streaming service has nonetheless granted the show a second season already! There must be something to this thing, it seems. Maybe HBO fed it after midnight?

Anyway, here's the official synopsis:

From WB Animation and Amblin TV, the half-hour animated series is set in 1920s Shanghai and tells the story of how 10-year-old Sam Wing met the young Mogwai called Gizmo.

The voice cast for the prequel series includes:

Ming Na-Wen as Fong Wing

BD Wong as Hon Wing

James Hong as Grandpa Wing

Izaac Wang as Sam Wing

A.J. LoCascio as Gizmo

Gabrielle Green as Elle

Matthew Rhys as Riley Greene

Along with teenage street thief 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.