Gremlins’ Producers Talk George Takei Being On Board For Season 2’s Main Villain, And Awesome Homage To Gremlins 2
By Sarah El-Mahmoud,
5 hours ago
If you have a Max subscription , don’t miss out on the fantastic Gremlins animated series that just dropped new episodes last week. After the streaming show brought Gizmo to a new medium for 2023’s Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai release , the story has continued with the second season titled The Wild Batch , and it has more George Takei and a solid homage to the original sequel to Gremlins .
In Season 1 of the Gremlins animated series, George Takei’s character is born when Sam accidentally gets Gizmo wet and spawns more mogwai before becoming a green Gremlin. The character named Noggin becomes a major villain in the series after he drinks a magic potion that allows him to speak like a human and be super intelligent. When CinemaBlend spoke to the Gremlins ’ producers, Brendan Hay discussed working with Takei for the new season with these words:
What a fantastic nod to the original sequel to Gremlins ! The title of the season of The Wild Batch , itself is a nod to the 1990 sequel ( that is still hysterical 30 years later ), considering it's called The New Batch , but Hay also wanted to draw from the sequel for the main villain. As you may recall, Brain Gremlin, or “Brain”, is mutated to have a refined spoken voice and a fascination with human culture. Noggin is a suit-wearing lil guy who uses his powerful brain to lead an army of Gremlins, and Sam, Gizmo and Elle have to find a way to stop him. As Hay continued:
The first five episodes of The Wild Batch 's new season are now streaming on Max, and fans can look forward to the second half of the season premiering at a later (undisclosed) date. Along with Takei having a major role in the series, Ming-Na Wen and BD Wong play Sam’s parents, James Hong voices his grandpa, and Simu Liu joins this season as Chang.
Joe Dante, who directed the original Gremlins movies, serves as a consulting producer on the series. He said this in our interview about the casting:
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