Tze Chun, Brendan Hay & Joe Dante Talk Making Gremlins The Wild Batch Bigger & Bolder
Gremlins: The Wild Batch continues the journey of a young Sam Wing, inching the character closer to the Mr. Wing audiences first met in 1984’s Gremlins. The new season brings audiences closer to that film as well, making the jump from Shanghai to San Francisco for a story that continues to explore the world of the Mogwai while also incorporating myths and legends from American history.
Screen Rant interviewed Tze Chun, Brendan Hay, and Joe Dante about following up Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai with a new season that expands on the first in meaningful ways. The trio also discussed the casting of Barbie star Simu Liu and other franchise newcomers in exciting guest roles. Read on to hear their thoughts on those subjects and more before Gremlins: The Wild Batch premieres October 3 on Max.
For me, my grandfather came over when he was around Sam's age, at around this time period, so it was really interesting to research the time period. Obviously, we're making a fantasy, epic, crazy animated show, but at the same time, being able to look at the environments that my grandfather would've seen, and walk around San Francisco Chinatown… there was something really magical about that for me and I'm sure for a number of our crew who are also Asian American.
I think everybody was pretty much on board with the idea of, “We love the first season, but we don't need the first season, part two. We need another season,” which is why it has a different title. It has a different aspect than the first one did, and it takes more chances now that we've established who the characters are, where they are, and where they're going. And, we don't have to necessarily use legends and myths from any particular culture.
Brendan Hay: A little bit. A lot of it is planned and written ahead of time. Because of animation, sometimes the nature of the beast you can't change things too much, but being able to tailor a script does happen and does help. Usually, there's so much more rewriting and tailoring that's needed, we have been incredibly lucky. In the writers’ room, it'd be like, “For the warden, it'd be great to get a Will Forte type.” So, you write it with Will Forte in mind.
Tze Chun: When we about breaking the season, we were very lucky to have many whiteboards in the writer's room, and there was one that says “Wishlist of creatures and spirits,” and the other one is, “Wishlist for Mogwai variants.
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